
The American Landowner: Patrick Broe
This Coloradoan has a knack for singling out valuable opportunities and

This Coloradoan has a knack for singling out valuable opportunities and

By Eric O’Keefe “Ted didn’t want to be in the cattle business.

Diagnosed with incurable blood cancer, one of our favorite landowners, relied

At more than 173,000 acres, the York Ranch features 35,236 acres

Cheap and close. Those are the two criteria you use when

BY CARY ESTES We are trailing Bear through a thick hardwood

No. 25 Jeff Bezos 290,000 acres It seems that Amazon’s founder

No. 37 Mike Smith 283,500 acres Based in Amarillo, Smith and

As the 20th century came to a close, one of the

When our inaugural issue (inset right) came off the press, this

Ted Turner Parts With His Beloved Island Ted Turner has spent

No. 32 Stefan Soloviev 323,700 acres (up 88,000 acres) The 42-year-old

Civic-minded Texans with a distinguished record of service regarding public lands

A $165 million gift, the largest in Nature Conservancy history, transforms

No. 27 Philip Anschutz 434,500 acres In 1982, the Kansas native

By Henry Chappell Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Russell Gordy has