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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]
Poindexter acquired Cibolo Creek Ranch in 1990, and operates it as a luxury historical resort. [9] [18] Poindexter started the Tidewater and Big Bend Foundation, dedicated to acquiring, restoring, landscaping and furnishing ante bellum houses and properties in New Kent County, VA, Charles City County, VA and Shafter, TX.
Also known in his time by the honorary title, don Melitón, he founded Cibolo Creek Ranch halfway between Marfa and Presidio, Texas in 1857. He was one of the earliest Texas trail drivers, driving his cattle to market in New Orleans in the 1850s and to other markets later. [ 1 ]
In 1900, he purchased the 8 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, which became the nucleus of the present-day 6666 Ranch, followed by the Dixon Creek Ranch and later purchases which now all make up the ranch's ...
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Additional locations include Universal City Cibolo Creek Preserve area, where a frisbee golf course has been established for play. [36] Between Stockdale and Floresville, Cibolo Creek forms the eastern boundary of Jackson Nature Park, a 50-acre (200,000 m 2) public park owned by Wilson County and operated by the San Antonio River Authority. The ...
Gates himself has said in a recent Reddit AMA that he owns roughly 1/4000 of all farmland in the U.S. Given there are more than 893 million acres of farmland in the U.S., this number appears to be ...
El Fortin del Cibolo Historic District: April 6, 1995 : Approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) northwest of Shafter, west of US 67: Shafter: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; now part of Cibolo Creek Ranch: 5: El Paisano Hotel