We can only imagine what the state will look like in the coming years! Crosby Land and Trust which was once a chemicals company is hoping to turn the forests of the American South into biofuels as well as lumber. All told, the 50 individuals, families, and heirs on this list own over 31 million acres or about 1.4% of the countrys total landmass. The comments below have not been moderated, By Turner's land is used by more than 50,000 head of buffalo for grazing - the largest private herd of bison in the world. 230,000 acres Dan and Farris Wilks Who Owns Montana's Largest Ranch? 1,100,000 acres 1. Contact the AZ Animals editorial team. O'Connor heirs:587,800 acres in Texas. 25. Land: Ranchlands and oilfields throughout Texas. 150,000 acres Under the livestock feeding company Llano Partners Ltd., Hughes Abell owns and operates ranching operations in New Mexico, Texas, and Florida. Emmerson family:2.0 million acres in California and Washington. 179,129 acres St. Louis businessman Leo Drey began making sizable donations of Missouri forest land to the non-profit in the 1960s. Roughly equal to: Twice the size of Badlands National Park. 103,000 acres Though he resides in New York City, Stefan Soloviev owns over 325,000 acres of land across New Mexico, Kansas, and Texas. When the Suggs relocated their cattle from Texas to Oklahoma, they found buckets of oil under their new land. Cowboys on horseback still work these New Mexico ranches. two main ranches, the 6666 Ranch near Guthrie and the Dixon Creek Ranch near Panhandle, total 275,000 acres. Vermejo Park Ranch, located in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, is a stunning 560,000-acre property. Hadley family: 260,000 acres including the huge Diamond A Ranch, which takes up a good part of New Mexico's southwestern tip. There are nearly 2,000 different species! There is alsoAnne Marion who owns 275,000 acres in Texas, including the famous 6666, or "Four Sixes" cattle ranch in the Southern Panhandle, which is close to 150 years old. Family members are heirs to theAnheuser-Busch beer empire. The family used the sale of New Mexicos Ladder Ranch to Ted Turner to purchase La Escalera ranch in Texas. Background: Red Emmerson is president of Sierra Pacific Industries, a family-run lumber manufacturing business that ranks as California's largest private landowner. The US in total has 2.4 billion acres, and is the third largest country in the world after Canada and Russia, the latter being the largest and covering 11.5 per cent of the planet. From Ted Turner to Jeff Bezos to the federal government, New Mexico has some of the biggest landowners in the nation. Each year The Land Report publishes a list nations top property owners ranked by the number of acres they own in the United States. 153,000 acres Family members run renewable energy, lumber and wildlife services. Holland Ware owns over half a million acres of land primarily in Florida and Georgia. The 25 Largest Landowners In The U.S.: #25.Jeff Bezos 290,000 Acres Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos bought a 290,000 acre ranch in Texas in 2004. What David Pingree purchased from 100 different Maine townships in 1840 is now an ecologically managed forest supplying hardwood floors to the world. While this list only includes privately held land, nearly all of it serves some commercial purpose from farming and ranching to logging and renewable energy production. They welcome guests to hunt, fish, or go on photography safaris.. Greenpeace calls them the king pins of climate denial and Mitt Romney can thank them for holding a $50,000-dollar-a-plate fundraiser during the election. 119,000 acres Collier was the largest landholder in the state at the time of his death. 270,000 acres Holland Ware:534,900 acres in Florida and Georgia. John Malone is the largest private landowner in the United States. 22. Since then, they have been acquiring land. Williams made the mistake of likening rape to bad weather (If its inevitable, just relax and enjoy it) and faced accusations of going to a Mexican brothel called the Chicken Ranch while in college. The Kokernot family's 06 Ranch brand registered in Texas since 1837. Top 100 Largest Landowners Of Private Property In The United States Own Roughly 40 Million Acres Equalling 2% Of The Country's Total Land. Today, his family owns some 280,000 acres, primarily in Collier County, which is named after him. 24/7 Wall Street is a USA TODAY content partner offering financial news and commentary. The Killam family deals largely in cattle and oil, with ranches in Texas and Oregon and oil operations in Louisiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. 310,472 acres Killam family: 277,000 acres, mostly ranches in Texas and Oregon and oil operations in Louisiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. The late Truman Collins was a lumberman who became the largest private landholder in Pennsylvania before his death in 1914. and J.E. Has anyone ever heard of Bill Honeycutt who says he owns 100,000 acres in the San Joaquin Valley area, an raises a huge herd of sheep, (10,000) an a large herd of Black Angus Beef cattle??? Background: The J.R. Simplot Company started its fortune in potatoes but diversified over the years to become one of the largest, privately held food companies in the world. Brothers Farris and Dan Wilks started off with Frac Tech, a natural gas extraction company in 2002, and sold it for $3.5 billion in 2011. New Mexicos State Trust Land Office oversees 9 million surface acres of land and 13 million mineral acres. Youd think that growing tobacco would be a surefire way to earn a place on the Land 100, but Umphrey made his fortune suing tobacco companies. Buck, who as owner of Tall Timber Trust, one of the largest owners of timberland in Maine, controls 925,00 acres. Heirs of the late Thomas O'Connor, who immigrated to the United States from Ireland in the 1800s, own over half a million acres, including the O'Connor Ranch in south Texas. 422,164 acres The cowboy favorite is buttermilk piesugar, eggs and rich dairy products loaded into a couple of pie pans. Lay folks like to hear land measured in acres or square miles, but the Killiam prefer animal units the measure of how many cows an area can graze. The move earned a serious wag of the finger from MSNBCs Rachel Maddow. 33. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is not only one of the richest men in the world, with a net worth of $109 billion at the time of this writing, but he is also one of the biggest private landowners in the United States. 39. Background: Holland Ware's fortunes in the timber industry began in the early 50s with his first purchase of 100 acres for $10 when he was 15 years old. Hughes family: 390,000 acres in Texas. Peterffy made a fortune as a successful investor and innovator on Wall Street. Here is a look at the richest person in every state. Family members maintain a long-time lumber company. Roughly equal to: Two-thirds the size of Yosemite National Park. 125,000 acres The Texas businessman, not the president. Theres so much private land, too, with nearly 50 acres for every person in the state. Much of the land is used to grow crops like wheat, corn, and sorghum. The fifty private land owners who own the most land in the US, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CNN founder Ted Turner, have been revealed in a new investigation. New Mexico officials . Both Zane and Tanya were born into ranching families. The 25 biggest landowners in America own 20 million acres -- nearly 1% of the country -- according to new data from The Land Report. Today, his family owns some 280,000 acres, primarily in Collier County, which is named after him. Together, his family owns 390,000 acres. 434,500 acres Roughly equal to: Three times the size of Dallas. Westervelt's heirs own over half a million acres across Alabama, Mississippi, and Virginia. Among them is Ted Turner, founder of CNN and owner of private land and ranches spanning across New Mexico. Malone made his fortune as a media tycoon, building the company Tele-Communications, Inc, or TCI, and acting as its CEO before selling it to AT&T for $50 billion in 1999. The King Ranch heirs own a four-parcel ranch in southern Texas that spreads across 825,000 acres, making it the largest ranch in the state. For now, heres the compromise: 70,000 acres of parkland, 30,000 for hunting, snowmobiling, and logging. The Hamer family owns some 600,000 acres of land, largely forest in West Virginia. Family members are mostly cattle ranchers. 110,000 acres Phil Bidegain keeps the business model for the T4 Ranch as simple as possible. 278,000 acres 141,700 acres 24. The Lykes heirs own in Florida a 337,000 acre ranch, which includes sugar cane and cattle operations, as well as a 264,555 acre ranch in west Texas. Theyve been ranching Oklahoma for over a century, but you may know Ree Dummond best, who joined the family when she married Lee Drummond. The "9" continues under third- and fourth-generation ownership, exemplifying the ranching heritage and tradition. Ranches in Wyoming and Montana; ski resorts in Utah and Idaho; six other luxury hotels and resorts across the country, including The Grand American Hotel in Salt Lake City. According the company, it turns out that Frac Techs specialty-hydraulic fracturing is one of the two drivers powering the U.S. energy renaissance. Dan Hughes, patriarch of the Hughes family, was a wildcatter in Texas. Ancestor Captain Samuel Burnett negotiated a 300,000 acre lease with famed Comanche leader Quanah Parker. He relied on friend Teddy Roosevelt when he needed a two-year extension of the lease. Roughly equal to: Twice the size of Singapore. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Background: Former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe Jr., expanded his holdings when oil and gas were discovered on his ranchland. His purchase of the enormous Corn Ranch in West Texas was part nostalgia and part business. Fisher family:440,000 acres in California. 42. Shannon's farming and ranching operations produce peanuts, corn, wheat, dairy, and cattle. Nuf said. Sign up for your Modern Farmer Weekly Newsletter. Why Dont American Farmers Embrace Peasant Farming? He founded the Commonwealth Brands tobacco company in 1991 and sold the company in 2001 to Houchens Industries for US$1 billion. Roughly equal to: Three-quarters of Grand Canyon National Park. This is excellent news for the wildlife! Background: After Mark Reed married the daughter of Sol Simpson at the turn of the century, the Reed family continues to operate the privately owned Simpson Investment Company that is one of the oldest forest products companies in the Pacific Northwest. Stan Kroenke: 1.4 million acres in Montana and Wyoming. The rest is history. Oil and drilling profits helped him buy a sportsmans paradise in the Big Bend area of Far West Texas. Then there's Subway sandwich shop franchise founder Peter Buck, who at No. Background: According to Forbes, Kelley founded a tobacco company in 1990 and sold it for $1 billion in 2001. 23. Land: Purchased 290,000-acre Bell Ranch in Nex Mexico this August to add to his landholdings in Colorado and Wyoming. 373,000 acres The family behind logging company Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) with land holdings twice the size of Rhode Island. Roughly equal to: Three times the size of Guam. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Roughly equal to: Ten and a half times the size of Hilton Head Island, SC. Billy Green still oversees the ranch from Albany, Texas, which won the 2002 American Quarter Horse Association Best Remuda Award. Family members runlumber, newspapers, and petrochemicals businesses. For a basic sense of how the world of ultra-massive real estate has changed, heres one fact: Between 2012 and 2013, the top 100 added 700,000 acres to their collective portfolios, bringing their total to two percent of the U.S. land mass. Background: Joseph M. Huber's success as a sales agent for his family's pigments and manufacturing business back in the late 1800s grew into a diversified corporation that spans many industries from paper and energy to plastics and construction. 32. Stimson family:552,000 acres in Montana and Oregon. No longer #10 with the acquisition of Montanas Broken O Ranch, an inspiring combination of irrigated farming and cattle land envisioned by paint mogul, Benjamin Moore. In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws are the Leading Edge of a Pushback Meet the Modern Graziers Who Broke Into Regenerative Agriculture, No Farmland Required, 7 Smokable Plants You Can Grow That Arent Marijuana, Sustainable Farmers See Promise in New Financing Options, New Solar Panels Allow Farmers to See the Light, The Buzzy Edible Insect Trend is Gaining Traction in the West. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. it's curious that the largest private landowner in America chose an office location, an hour from . Land: Idaho, agribusiness. The Bass family, at No. Background: Phillip Anschutz's company has investments in energy exploration, telecommunications and agribusiness. Its the fifth-largest in the nation. Among the soccer teams, railroads, movie theaters and newspaper, the Denver billionaire has enough land for what will be one of the largest wind farms in the country. Bezos owns 420,000 acres, much of which is in west Texas. Anne Marion owns several major properties in Texas, including the famous 6666, or "Four Sixes" cattle ranch in the Southern Panhandle, which is close to 150 years old. 30. 35. Roughly equal to: Twice the size of Dallas. Wilks Brothers:702,367 acres in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Tennessee, and Texas. A large extended family looking to drop in the rankings. Remember the great railroad and cattle barons of the 19th century? Singleton family: 1.1 million acres in New Mexico and California. Ted Turner:2.0 million acres in New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Georgia. Read on to find out about the top landowners in New Mexico. It'll be exciting to watch this author grow and learn with her along the way. And the land, while private, is still use for commercial purposes, the 24/7 Wall Street investigation found. 280,000 acres Philip Anschutz owns 434,500 acres of land in Wyoming and Colorado. 149,702 acres 830,000 acres Westervelt heirs: 518,000 acres inAlabama, Mississippi, and Virginia. 170,000 acres 230,000 acres Waggoner Estate claims to be the largest Texas ranch under one fence. D.R. 101,315 acres Do fence them in. Bass family Land. Bezos?). He made sure the Land 100 knew he managed to add three acres to his tally this year. Roughly equal to: The size of Los Angeles. This ranching family owns some of the oldest operating ranch land in the country. These Gardens Started When Travel Slowed. You could spend weeks exploring the property. 247,000 acres Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke has even more land, coming in at No. Ted Turner: 2 million acres in New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Georgia. To date, the clan has produced one governor: Dolph Briscoe Jr, who served two terms for the Lone Star State. John Malone has 2.2 million acres, mostly in four. But while neither landowner's name may be a household name, the names of others are. Two of the largest owners of land in Florida are the Fanjul family with their Florida Crystals sugar cane . Ford made a career in the timber business during the Great Depression. Land: 830,000 acres of timberland in Maine. The federal government is the top landowner in New Mexico, controlling over 24 million acres. 161,093 acres But who owns the most land? Collectively, the Robinson and Freed families own 300,000 acres in partnership. Between 2012 and 2013, the top 100 added 700,000 acres to their collective portfolios, big, thick, good traveling, sound, fertile, hardy. 2. By The combined landholdings belonged to former Texas governor, the late Dolph Briscoe Jr. 12. The family is in the oil business. 150,000 acres Heres how it breaks down between each division: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) handles 54.7% of the land, followed by the U.S. Forest Service at 37.4%. Ed Bass helped build the brand-new $540 million Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, which opened in late October 2019. 46 withabout 275,000 acres in New Mexico. The terrain is diverse and spectacular to see. 22 to 27 | Nos. Turner also owns the Armendaris Ranch, located in Sierra and Socorro counties. The property is the largest ranch in the state,by Captain Richard King in 1853 and subsequently passed down through generations. 21. 130,000 acres The Butler Heirs have partnered with government and nonprofits to help ensure their land is healthy, productive, and beautiful far into the future. Spanning over 3.5 million square miles, the United States is the third largest country in the world by landmass, trailing only China and Russia. 317,677 acres Roughly equal to: Three times the size of Los Angeles. Collier family: 280,000 acres, primarily in Collier County, Florida. Roughly equal to: The size of Hong Kong. According to his company bio, investor Arthur Nicholas made his fortune by systematizing, the process of using dynamic quantitative models to find value-added performance. He may or may not be talking about his cow and horse breeding efforts in Wyoming. Roughly equal to: Twice the size of the Hawaiin Island of Molokai. Roughly equal to: Half the size of Rhode Island. Land: Operates 825,000 acres of cattle ranches and 60,000 acres of farms in South Texas; thousands of acres in Florida producing orange juice, sugar cane, sod, sweet corn and green beans. Chalk up 3,000 animal units to the Dana Ranch. In 2014, the family-owned Port Blakely Mill Company will celebrate its sesquicentennial. Because if youre going to go softwood sawmill, you want to make it state-of-the-art. The largest landowner in America owns 2,200,000 acres, located largely in Maine, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. Land: Holdings in many states. The Bass family fortune, like those held by many of the entries on this list, comes from oil and cattle ranching. He owns ranches in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky. 212,985 acres A few people and families own more than 100 million acres of land in the United States. The former media tycoon made his wealth building the company Tele-Communications Inc., or TCI, which he sold to AT&T for $50 billion 20 years ago. 1,250,000 acres Her two main ranches, the 6666 Ranch near Guthrie and the Dixon Creek Ranch near Panhandle, total 275,000 acres. The Emmersons have transferred 6% of that chunk to the public since Curly Emerson founded the company in 1949. Still, the family hasnt climbed in this years rankings. Brad Maurice Kelley (born 1956) is an American businessman who is the 7th largest landowner in the U.S., with an estimated net worth of US$2.2 billion in 2018. Errol Galt is the former Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Game commissioner. 189,000 acres The oil and gas business man developed a love for land on his grandparents farm. Here's how it breaks down between each division: Luther and Frank King independently run their cattle operations in the heart of Texas. Their land is used for a range of resource extraction industries, including timber, sand and gravel, and oil. John Malone is the largest private landowner in the United States. The cable billionaire from Denver added two properties in Wellington, the epicenter of South Floridas equestrian community, and an Irish castle with a solid set of stables. Then theres the Department of Defense handling 4.6% of the land. Roughly equal to: The size of Phoenix, Arizona. Roughly equal to: One-third the size of Delaware. 175,000 acres They own several large ranches in the northern part of the state. 150,000 acres Some want that land for cattle, others for farming, others to test their reusable space craft (those hobby store model rockets just werent enough, were they Mr. John Malone is the largest private landowner in the United States. Real estate mogul and owner of the Los Angeles Rams, Stan Kroenke, owns 1.4 million acres of land in the United States, including a 124,000 acre ranch in Montana and additional land in Wyoming. 41. Thomas Peterffy arrived in the United States as a refugee from Hungary in 1965. Roughly equal to: Ten times the size of Washington, D.C. The real estate mogul is also owner of the Los Angeles Rams and married toAnn Walkton Kroenke, an heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune. Babbitt heirs:275,000 acres in Arizona. Roughly equal to: Seven times the size of Philadelphia. 27 febrero, 2023 . Background: W.T. As the founder of Cable News Network and now vice chairman of Time Warner, Ted Turner is famous, even legendary. Heart of America, a song he co-wrote with his wife, became the anthem of the Today shows campaign to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Today, the Stimson family owns 552,000 acres, primarily in Montana and Oregon. The question is, who is the largest private landowner in New Mexico?Looking to buy or sale go here ---- https://beacons.ai/jamesbigley_realestateStart your r. 13/20 Henry Singleton cofounded the industrial conglomerate Teledyne in 1960, and begin acquiring ranch land in New. The ranch spawned from land that was originally purchased by Captain Richard King in 1853 and subsequently passed down through generations. Learn more about the scenic state of New Mexico with the articles below. Bezos is cofounder of Amazon. In 2019, D.K. Zane & Tanya Kiehne:345,000 acres in New Mexico and Texas. Background: Alice Gertrudis Kleberg East, gave up her interest in her grandfather Richard King of King Ranch estate in exchange for the San Antonio and Santa Fe ranches. Six of the nation's top ten largest individual landowners have put their land into conservation easements (in bold). The family has harvested hardwood timber from the land for five generations. Ted Turners holdings make him one of the top private landowners in New Mexico. 34. (Translation for La Escalera: The Ladder.) 165,000 acres His purchase of the Sierra Grande Lodge and Spa brings tourists closer to two of his landmark properties and, ya know, space. Today, his living family members own over 311,000 acres of land in northern California and western Pennsylvania. Founded by Thomas Douglas Stimson, the Stimson Lumber Company, which today operates out of the Pacific Northwest, has remained in the family for six generations. Loves land and his wife loves horses, which explains #1s 2013 acquisitions. Discover the Little-Known U.S. River Gorge That's, The 9 Best Books About National Parks for Travelers, Discover 8 Extinct Animals from New Mexico, Meet the 4 Largest Land Owners in Arizona, The 15 Deepest Lakes in the United States. Baron Collier was an advertising executive who developed land and infrastructure in southern Florida. 152,000 acres They use their land for timber, sand and gravel, and oil extraction. Crowbar Beggs for getting them to the list. Mike Smith:295,980 acres in Texas. The 50th largest land ownersare the Hadley family, heirs to the Anheuser-Busch beer empire, who own 260,000 acres in New Mexico. Brothers Farris and Dan Wilks launched Frac Tech, a natural gas extraction company in 2002, and sold it for $3.5 billion in 2011. 144,580 acres Land: Oilfields and ranchlands throughout Texas. 20. 255,000 acres Whatever your politics, you cant deny their love for cattle. 112,042 acres Malone Mitchell 3rd:336,000 acres in Texas. Land: Approximately two million acres of forestland in California and Washington. He also liked alliteration. Texas Monthly calls their Alpine Cowboys baseball team, the best little semi-pro baseball team in Texas., 276,000 acres . 25 had died from starvation. The list comes with a thank you from sponsor Gregory W. Fay, owner of real estate brokerage Fay Ranches, to the top 100 for helping to produce the food we eat, and providing so much of the habitat for our fish and wildlife. Its a nice pat on the back if your portfolio just crossed the 100,000 acre mark. The descendants of the late Kenneth Ford own 580,000 acres primarily in Oregon. They make money by leasing the state trust land to a multitude of companies. John Malone: 2.2 million acres in Maine, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. 40. Both the Family's 06 Ranch and Leoncita Cattle Company Ranch are in West Texas.