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The Yearning for Zion Ranch, or the YFZ Ranch, [1] was a 1,700-acre (690-hectare) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community of as many as 700 people, located near Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas, United States. In April 2014, the State of Texas took physical and legal possession of the property.
Eldorado (/ ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ / EL-də-RAH-doh, /-ˈ r eɪ d oʊ /-RAY-doh) is the only city in and the county seat of Schleicher County, Texas, United States. [4] The population was 1,574 at the 2020 census. [5] Eldorado is located on U.S. Highway 277, some 21 miles (34 km) north of Sonora and 43 miles (69 km) south of San Angelo ...
The Battle of Yellow House Canyon was a battle between a force of Comanches and Apaches against a group of American bison hunters that occurred on March 18, 1877, near the site of the present-day city of Lubbock, Texas.
Sep. 23—AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) asks Texans to invite their friends and family into the outdoors to celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHF) on Sept. 28.
The Eldorado Success has been the local newspaper for Eldorado, Texas since 1901. The newspaper played a prominent role in 2008 when the Yearning for Zion Ranch was exposed north of Eldorado. [3] [4] This was shown in the 2022 Netflix documentary “ Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey ”.
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In November 2003, church member David Allred purchased for YFZ Land LLC the 1,371-acre (555-hectare) Isaacs Ranch four miles (six kilometers) northeast of Eldorado, Texas, on Schleicher County Road 300 "as a hunting retreat". The property would be known within the sect as Yearning For Zion Ranch, or YFZ Ranch.