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A Texas ranch spanning nearly 77,000 acres is back on the market for $180 million after the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire scorched more than half its land; the property has since undergone a major recovery

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A Texas ranch spanning nearly 77,000 acres is back on the market for $180 million after the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire scorched more than half its land; the property has since undergone a major recovery

According to reporting from the Fort Worth Business Journal, CoStar News and DTN, the historic Turkey Track Ranch in the Texas Panhandle has returned to the market for $180 million after being pulled from sale following the devastating 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire. The 77,721-acre property has since undergone extensive restoration, including the rebuilding of roughly … Read more

Walt Disney quietly assembled more than 27,000 acres in Florida through secret transactions for about $5 million, averaging roughly $182 an acre; after the buyer’s identity emerged, the land became Walt Disney World

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Walt Disney quietly assembled more than 27,000 acres in Florida through secret transactions for about $5 million, averaging roughly $182 an acre; after the buyer’s identity emerged, the land became Walt Disney World

Walt Disney’s plan for what would become Walt Disney World began with a remarkably quiet real-estate operation. According to Disney’s D23 archives, the Florida Historical Society and the Walt Disney Company, Disney Productions spent about 18 months secretly assembling more than 27,000 acres in Central Florida before publicly acknowledging that it was behind the purchases. … Read more

A South Dakota biofuels CEO and his family bought land near Great Bear about two years ago, then donated 20.5 acres to expand a 220-plus-acre park that now draws more than 200,000 visitors a year

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A South Dakota biofuels CEO and his family bought land near Great Bear about two years ago, then donated 20.5 acres to expand a 220-plus-acre park that now draws more than 200,000 visitors a year

A South Dakota biofuels CEO and his family bought land near Great Bear about two years ago, then donated 20.5 acres to expand a 220-plus-acre park that now draws more than 200,000 visitors a year/Image: Pigeon 605 Jeff and Tammie Broin donated 20.5 acres of land they acquired about two years ago to the City … Read more

Moishe Mana spent 16 years assembling about 30 acres in Miami’s Wynwood district; Ken Griffin has now bought the land for about $1.1 billion in Florida’s largest land-assemblage deal, with a university campus planned

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Moishe Mana spent 16 years assembling about 30 acres in Miami’s Wynwood district; Ken Griffin has now bought the land for about $1.1 billion in Florida’s largest land-assemblage deal, with a university campus planned

Mo ishe Mana, Founder & CEO, Mana CommonPhoto credit: Mana Common Moishe Mana began buying property in Miami’s Wynwood district in 2009, when the area was still largely abandoned and in the early stages of transformation. Over 16 years, he assembled roughly 30 acres into what became Mana Wynwood, a cultural and events hub known … Read more

Texas ranchers blocked well operators from a 1,604-acre tract in 2004; on October 1, an appeals court ruled an oil company may cross the land to plug a shut-in well 15 to 20 yards from the San Antonio River

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Texas ranchers blocked well operators from a 1,604-acre tract in 2004; on October 1, an appeals court ruled an oil company may cross the land to plug a shut-in well 15 to 20 yards from the San Antonio River

A long-running dispute between a South Texas ranch owner and an oil company over access to a shut-in well took another turn October 1, when a Texas appeals court ruled that state law allows the operator to cross neighboring private land to reach the well for plugging work. The ruling came from the Texas Thirteenth … Read more

In 1993, Bob Hope sold his 2,308-acre California ranch to the National Park Service for $16.7 million; the deal turned his former property into federal parkland and expanded protected land to about 20,400 acres

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In 1993, Bob Hope sold his 2,308-acre California ranch to the National Park Service for $16.7 million; the deal turned his former property into federal parkland and expanded protected land to about 20,400 acres

Bob HopePhoto: Wikimedia Common In 1993, comedian and entertainer Bob Hope sold his 2,308-acre Jordan Ranch in eastern Ventura County to the National Park Service for $16.7 million. The acquisition added the rugged, oak-dotted property to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, bringing the park service’s holdings in the recreation area to about 20,400 … Read more

Soldiers looking for land mines in South Korea have found the country’s oldest gun, a 600-year-old inscribed bronze tube used to fire gunpowder-propelled arrows

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Soldiers looking for land mines in South Korea have found the country's oldest gun, a 600-year-old inscribed bronze tube used to fire gunpowder-propelled arrows

In November 2023, troops sweeping for a suspected minefield on Mount Geumseong in southwestern South Korea ended up uncovering a small bronze object about four inches beneath the soil. Rather than a landmine, it was a gun, one that may have been buried for more than 600 years, according to a report by Smithsonian Magazine.After … Read more

India-backed project clears nearly 198,000 sq m of mine-contaminated land in Cambodia

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India-backed project clears nearly 198,000 sq m of mine-contaminated land in Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Nearly 198,000 square metres of mine-contaminated land in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province has been cleared and handed over to the local community under an India-backed project, benefiting around 134 families, according to authorities and media reports. India-backed project clears nearly 198,000 sq m of mine-contaminated land in Cambodia The land in Kaoh Pao … Read more

An Iowa family lived on and worked its farmland for 84 years as Tom Woods gradually expanded the operation; now 1,209 acres are being split into 13 tracts and auctioned, ending a family land chapter

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An Iowa family lived on and worked its farmland for 84 years as Tom Woods gradually expanded the operation; now 1,209 acres are being split into 13 tracts and auctioned, ending a family land chapter

For 84 years, the Woods family lived on and worked a growing patchwork of farmland near Randalia in northeast Iowa. Tom Woods, who grew up in the area, steadily added acres to the operation as properties and funds became available, raising grain and cattle while also helping run a family wholesale business. Now that long … Read more

Florida approved more than $72.6 million to protect 10,770 acres across the state, including 2,700+ acres in a wildlife corridor and 4,500+ acres of working agricultural land under permanent easements

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Florida approved more than $72.6 million to protect 10,770 acres across the state, including 2,700+ acres in a wildlife corridor and 4,500+ acres of working agricultural land under permanent easements

An unfinished waterfront mansion inspired by the Taj Mahal is back on the market in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, with a new asking price of $2.5 million. The 4,402-square-foot property sits on nearly an acre along the Gulf Coast. It was first listed for $2 million in 2016. Ten years after that first listing, and 13 … Read more