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The origins of Trinchera Ranch date back to the early 19th century when it was part of a large Spanish land grant known as the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant. [3] The grant was issued in 1843 by the Mexican government to Narciso Beaubien, whose father was Charles Beaubien, and Stephen Luis Lee, [4] and it was intended to encourage settlement and development in the sparsely populated region of ...
Businessman Malcolm Forbes purchased the Trinchera Ranch in 1969 and the Blanca Ranch in 1982 and sub-divided parts of the ranches into lots for sale. In 2004, the Forbes family donated a conservation easement of 80,000 acres (320 km 2 ) acres of the Blanca Ranch and in 2007 sold both ranches, consisting of 171,400 acres (694 km 2 ) to hedge ...
6,647 acres (2,690 ha) 133 SD Los Feliz: Los Angeles: Simi: 1795 Diego de Borica: Patricio, Miguel, and Francisco Javier Pico 113,057 acres (45,753 ha) 103 SD Simi Valley, Moorpark: Ventura: Buena Vista: 1795 Diego de Borica: Jose Maria Soberanes and Joaquin Castro 8,446 acres (3,418 ha) 204 SD Monterey: Monterey: Las Pulgas: 1795 Diego de Borica
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The largest hacienda/ranch in the world, prior to the Mexican Revolution of 1910, was the Terrazas family estate headed by Don Luis Terrazas in the state of Chihuahua, with more than 8 million acres in size (some sources say 15 million acres [99]) stretching for more than 160 miles north to south and 200 miles east to west. At its height in the ...
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]
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 ...
President Bush at his ranch Angela Merkel and Bush outside the main house in November 2007. Prairie Chapel Ranch, nicknamed Bush Ranch, is a 1,583-acre (6.41 km 2) ranch in unincorporated McLennan County, Texas, located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Crawford (about 25 miles (40 km) from Waco).