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The main section of the ranch is located near the town of Guthrie in King County, Texas. [1] [2] It spans 350,000 acres (550 sq mi; 140,000 ha) of land. [3] The main ranch house is off U.S. Highway 82. [4] The Dixon Creek section spans 108,000 acres (169 sq mi; 44,000 ha) of land in Carson and Hutchinson counties. [4]
King Ranch is the largest ranch in the United States. At some 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2 ; 1,289 sq mi) [ 3 ] it is larger than both the land area of Rhode Island and the area of the European country Luxembourg . [ 4 ]
In 1900, Burnett purchased the 8 Ranch, later known as the 6666 Ranch, near Guthrie, Texas, from the Louisville Land and Cattle Company. [5] He also acquired the Dixon Creek Ranch near Panhandle, Texas. In 1917, he built a ranchhouse in Guthrie designed by architects Sanguinet and Staats at a cost of US$100,000.
The ranch produces Bosque Beef, and cinematic-quality commercials have cropped up advertising 6666 Beef, hailing from one of the largest and most iconic ranches in the country – which now ...
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The historic 6666 Ranch in West Texas has officially been sold. Its history includes visits by Theodore Roosevelt and the filming of 'Yellowstone.' West Texas 6666 Ranch sells for over $320 million.
A decade later, from 1923 to 1925, he acquired the Pope Ranch and the McAdams Ranch in Foard County, Texas as well as the Moon Ranch formerly owned by W. Q. Richards, in Cottle County, Texas. A few years later, in 1929, he purchased the YL Ranch (formerly part of the OX Ranch) in the Paducah area. A decade later, in 1938, he purchased the 7L Ranch.
The South Texas region that encompasses the four divisions of the historic King Ranch, established on the banks of the Santa Gertrudes Creek by Richard King in 1853, is rich in wildlife and ...