America's biggest ranch, larger than New York City, goes on sale for $713 million in Texas

@MailOnline ^ | 19 May 2015 | By James Dunn

[keving]

Let China buy it

[showme_the_Glory]

Lubbock, it is some pretty dry desolate country

Not the end of the world. But, you can see it from there.......

[9YearLurker]

Ha—does Mark Cuban need a weekend place?

[smokingfrog]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Capt. Tom]

Ted Turner owns Vermejo Park Ranch in northern New Mexico which has 584,000 acres of private land. -Tom

[ro_dreaming]

Says he started ranching in 1849, but founded THE ranch in 1923.

Figure he was working for someone else, or free-ranging it from 1849 and 1923.

[matt1234]

510,000 acres = 797 square miles

[Jim Shoe]

“free-ranging it from 1849 and 1923.”

I wonder if the BLM will be bidding?

[Sherman Logan]

There’s a station in Oz that’s 5,849,600 acres. That’s a big ranch.

[showme_the_Glory]

The Republic of Texas is a big country.

[slimjim12]

Wow! Immediately thought of the old U2 song In God's Country. When I retire I want a place in the high desert.




Desert sky
Dream beneath a desert sky
The rivers run but soon run dry
We need new dreams tonight
Desert rose
Dreamed I saw a desert rose
Dress torn in ribbons and in bows
Like a siren she calls to me
Sleep comes like a drug
In God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses
In God's country
Set me alight
We'll punch a hole right through the night
Everyday the dreamers die
See what's on the other side
She is liberty
And she comes to rescue me
Hope, faith, her vanity
The greatest gift is gold
Sleep comes like a drug
In God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses
In God's country

[GoldenPup]

Earlier in the article, it says his grandfather started ranching there in 1849.