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The Elkhorn Ranch was established by Theodore Roosevelt on the banks of the Little Missouri River 35 miles north of Medora, North Dakota in the summer of 1884. Roosevelt hired Bill Sewall [1] and Wilmot Dow, two Maine woodsmen, to run the ranch. Sewall and Dow built the ranch house, "a long, low house of logs," in the winter of 1884–1885.
Pages in category "Ranches in Texas" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 6666 Ranch; A.
The ranch's boundaries are Baffin Bay on the north, Laguna Madre on the east, and a division of King Ranch on the south. [ 5 ] Of the 235,000-acre section administered by The John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, there are several ecosystems, including "120,000 acres of native coastal prairie, 3,000 acres of migrating sand dunes ...
Waggonner Ranch in 2023. The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, [2] it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States. [3] [4] The land has been used to raise crops, beef cattle, and horses and to ...
A major landmark on the ranch is Three V Crossing, a low-water crossing on the Little Missouri River 19.1 miles (30.7 km) north-northeast of Marmarth and 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Amidon [9] within the Little Missouri National Grassland in an unorganized part of Slope County in T. 135 N R. 105 W. [10]
Cross Ranch State Park is a public recreation area covering 569 acres (230 ha) on the west bank of the Missouri River nine miles (14 km) south of Washburn in Oliver County, North Dakota. [3] The Nature Conservancy 's Cross Ranch Nature Preserve , a 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) preserve which features a roaming herd of more than 200 adult bison , lies ...
The ranch is situated in the Chinati Mountains of the Chihuahuan Desert, near Shafter, Texas, approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of the Mexico–United States border. [3] [4] It spans 30,000 acres (12,000 ha), and U.S. Route 67 passes through the property. [3] The Cibolo Creek Ranch Airport is located 3.5 mi (5.6 km) northeast of the hotel. [5]
In the same year, Hidekoper sold the 70,000-acre (28,000 ha) ranch; the sale was the largest land deal in North Dakota history. After the sale, a land company reduced the ranch to 5,000 acres (2,000 ha); it was later used as a dude ranch in the 1920s. [2] The ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1985. [1]