
Land Report 100er: The Butler Family
For Over a Century, Shepherding a Spanish Land Grant Has Been

For Over a Century, Shepherding a Spanish Land Grant Has Been

No. 23 D.R. Horton 371,805 acres (up 109,000 acres) The Texas

Four miles from the nearest road. No electricity. No running water.

No. 49 Cassidy Heirs 212,985 acres As a boy of 10,

No. 25 Jeff Bezos 400,000 acres (up 110,000 acres) One of

First, the Army set off a firestorm when it announced its

By Lisa Martin As a 5-year-old, Cody Wetmore remembers looking down off

No. 34 Killam Family 255,000 acres Nearly half the family’s holdings

No. 50 Langdale Family 200,000 acres While steadfastly planting more trees

No. 12 Lykes Heirs 615,000 acres From Florida orange juice to

No. 22 Malone Mitchell 3rd 384,000 acres In 2006, this West

No. 37 Reynolds Family 250,000 acres In the years following the

No. 7 Singleton Family 1,100,000 acres Family patriarch Henry Singleton (1916–1999)

No. 2 Ted Turner 2,000,000+ acres The owner of the world’s

No. 50 Eugene Gabrych 200,000 acres The jewel in the crown

No. 1 John Malone 2,200,000 acres In 2015, the Malone Family