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Southfork Ranch as seen in the television series Dallas. Southfork Ranch is a conference and event center in Parker, in the US state of Texas, 25 mi (40 km) north of Dallas. It includes the Ewing Mansion, the setting for the television series Dallas. A variety of tours are offered to the location. [1]
The Cloyce Box Ranch was the site of the original Southfork ranch location, where the initial five episodes of Dallas were filmed. [1] The series left the location at the end of the first season in 1978 at the request of property owner, Cloyce K. Box , who was unhappy with the negative portrayal of the Texas oil industry by the show.
The Ewing family is the fictional family of the American prime time soap opera Dallas and its 2012 revival, as well as the foundation of the spin-off series Knots Landing.In the original series of Dallas, the Ewings own and run Southfork Ranch and the oil giant Ewing Oil; in the revival series, Ewing Oil is replaced by Ewing Global, formerly Ewing Energies.
Carter McKay, a rancher from Colorado, arrives in Dallas and buys Ray Krebbs's ranch, where he lives with his much younger wife, Rose ().Carter quickly makes enemies of the Ewing family when, during a severe drought, he dams up the river that runs through Southfork, claiming he cannot afford to import water for his livestock, whereas the Ewings can.
The original miniseries was shot over six weeks during the winter of 1977, on location in Dallas, Texas.The Cloyce Box Ranch served as the first 'South Fork Ranch' exterior, and a Swiss Avenue building was used for the interior stage sets.
Dallas is an American prime time soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series revolved around an affluent and feuding Texas family, the Ewings, who owned the independent oil company Ewing Oil and the cattle-ranching land of Southfork.
A Dallas-based developer wants to build apartments in far north Fort Worth. Direct Retail Partners is asking the city to rezone 20.4 acres at 311 E. Bonds Ranch Road to allow for up to 423 ...
In 1988, Ellie accepted her husband Clayton as co-owner of Southfork Ranch. In 1990, Miss Ellie and Clayton go on a tour of the Orient. While overseas, Miss Ellie decides not to return to Dallas because she is tired of dealing with all the headaches and heartaches from J.R. and Bobby's lives. She deeds Southfork to her youngest son, Bobby.