In New Mexico, only about 44% of the acreage, or 33.9 million acres, is outside the clutches of federal, state and local government--especially the Federal Government. Land Broker and Land Appraisalfirm established in 1920. 22 to 27 | Nos. In 1997, a district judge ordered Hadley to remove the padlock he put on a cattle gate on County Road 2 near Cloverdale. All rights reserved. Senator and a county on the Arizona border is named for him--partly due to his uncanny ability to defend old land claims, often in exchange for a piece of the action. The company was created in 1885 by Frank G. Bloom of Trinidad, Colorado, and M.D. He proposes to construct a parking lot at the boundary to allow public access into the forest. Now called the Diamond A Ranch and operated by Seth Hadley, a descendant of Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch, the large holding that straddles the New Mexico-Arizona border has been. So are his landholdings in New Mexico: three ranches with an average size of 383,000 deeded acres each. We may have detected a typo. | v2.8.1 U.S. National Register of Historic Places, "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Diamond A Ranch", property in New Mexico on the National Register of Historic Places, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diamond_A_Ranch_(Roswell,_New_Mexico)&oldid=1009889267, This page was last edited on 2 March 2021, at 20:10. That's the big news from a pioneering Crosswinds project focusing on this question: Crosswinds set out to identify the state's 40 largest private individual or family landowners by acreage and provide some sense of their histories. . Nor did we want to write only about hotsy-totsy developers in Santa Fe or Albuquerque, so we looked for acreage, not value. 1. The ten largest landowners in America are 1. cable and media honcho John Malone (2.2 million acres), 2. lumber titans Emmerson Family, 3. Property taxes are relatively low, offset by sky-high state income taxes and a gross receipts tax that unlike those in many other states does not exempt foodstuffs, clothing or clothing. |. Baldrige family, Cedar Crest NM, Hygiene CO, elsewhere, 45,000 acres, 30. You can help us continue our important conservation work to protect New Mexico's diverse habitat and wildlife. Kryloff and Barrett last wrote for, in October when they and Ray Langley co-authored. As the founder of Cable News Network and now vice chairman of Time Warner, Ted Turner is famous, even legendary. That's 3 1/3% of the entire country. And the original family (operations are managed by thegreat-great-great-grandson of the ranchs founder)is working hard to keep it going strong. The majority of perimeter fencing is considered good to excellent, with approximately 3 miles of new fence on the ranch. We're grateful for the enthusiastic support for our efforts! Now called the Diamond A Ranch and operated by Seth Hadley, a descendant of Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch, the large holding that straddles the New Mexico-Arizona border has been called one of the "Last Great Places' by environmentalists for its focus on saving wildlife. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. It is knowledge passed down from the preceding generations, for many of the ranching families of the Southwest have as much history as the cattle, and their operations can be traced back many decades. That honor falls to Henry Singleton, a corporate executive from Beverly Hills CA. The ceiling paper is an 19th century pattern from Bradbury & Bradbury. With its vast landscapes, varying terrains, and dry winds, todays ranchers learn early that, for the land to take care of them, they must take care of it first. This innovative plan is based on precipitation using the Rainfall Index. At Mondays Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education By JUNO OGLE Claims are paid. Diamond Bar's wilderness area prohibits motorized vehicles on about 85 percent of the range. But the U.S. Senate refused to ratify a provision that would have vested grantees merely in the process. The property also contains over 200 acres of land that was previously farm ground that has since been planted to improved grasses to enhance grazing capacity. I wasnt surprised, said Meira Gault, 62, who along with her husband, Stephen, 71, operates a 20,000 acre ranch just north of the border. The landscape of the ranch is comprised of mostly rolling native grassland, accentuated with broken draws and valleys, and Parks Creek on the eastern side. Please enter a valid email address (formatted as [email protected]). The RO lies northwest of Prescott, consisting of 257,000 acres, acquired in 1936 by the Greene Cattle Company. [1] [2] Colin McMillan & Benjamin Rummerfield, Roswell NM, Tulsa OK, 55,000 acres, 24. The company was created in 1885 by Frank G. Bloom of Trinidad, Colorado, and M.D. The ranch is comprised of 1,579.94 acres and boasts excellent cattle grazing, an outstanding wildlife habitat and wide-open scenic views. Youve already signed up with this email address. Lane family, Solano NM, Lake Forest IL, elsewhere, 290,000 acres, 5. The west is still very much alive in Arizona! The Diamond A ranch also known as the Big Boquillas is located in Northern Arizona. Now in their eighth decade of ownership, the Brophy family operates the 28,000 acres that comprise Arizonas largest contiguous private land parcel. These documents include warranty deeds between the Bloom Land and Cattle Corporation and Burton C. Mossman and a small map of their land holdings. Historically, vast chunks of land were granted to private citizens as either a reward for services rendered, a payoff for political support or as a means by which a government solidified its influence over a region. Butler heirs, Massachusetts, elsewhere, 95,000 acres, 15. Still, the decision only hardened the belief among some ranchers that Hadleys influence outweighed their concerns. The ranchs original adobe structures were built in the 1860s along a stagecoach stop, with a central section designed in the territorial style added in the 1940s. For more than a decade Singleton has been quietly buying far smaller ranches between Santa Fe and Roswell--but a whole lot of them. Herbert Bayer, an abstract artist and architect who was one of Walter Gropiuss favorite students at the Bauhaus, designed the ranchs territorial-style main building in 1964 for New Mexico oilman and art collector Robert O. Anderson. Take a massive leap back in time, however, and this area, along . Their expertly trained professionals will walk you through a range of options using risk-assessment tools that will take the pressure off when there is a drought in your area. Hadley said he owned the road built during the Mexican-American War, but county officials disagreed and said it was preventing others from using the public road built by the U.S. Army. The spaces are edged with narrow channels filled with running water that recalls the indigenous irrigation ditches of the New Mexican agricultural landscape. You can see what theyve been able to accomplish with the Navajo Nation here. $2,046,023 Prescott, Ariz. The program is very affordable because the government subsidizes 51%-59% of the premium. Get text updates from The Nature Conservancy: The hills of the Diamond A Ranch in New Mexico. Now called the Diamond A Ranch and operated by Seth Hadley, a descendant of Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch, the large holding that straddles the New Mexico-Arizona border has been called one of the Last Great Places by environmentalists for its focus on saving wildlife. We are pleased to have obtained an exclusive listing on the Diamond A Ranch. Daily Press Staff Usually, the grants were unsurveyed and they often overlapped one another. Although mountainous, the land is primarily rolling Chihuahuan grassland, one of the most biologically diverse arid regions in the world. Huling (Jupe) Means, Mule Creek NM, 40,000 acres, 37. The Animas Foundation is an organization dedicated to protecting the natural values of the Diamond A Ranch while maintaining the cultural and economic heritage of the bootheel country. Yet Turner, who lives in Roswell--Georgia, not New Mexico--is not the biggest personal landowner in the Land of Enchantment. The Diamond A Ranch lies in a unique area of the country called the Sky Islands. $5,900,000.00. That's a lot of land. 1,579.94 Architect Peter Pennoyer added extensions to this historic ranch house and adobe buildings to create a cohesive compound of a series of courtyards. These accounts portray the panoramic sweep of the New Mexico experience. Since 1973, the Irwin family has owned it with a strong commitment to the traditions and culture of ranching. Global sites represent either regional branches of The Nature Conservancy or local affiliates of The Nature Conservancy that are separate entities. This program is designed to give you the ability to buy insurance protection for losses of forage produced for grazing or harvested for hay, which result in increased costs for feed, destocking, depopulating, or other actions. He is a veteran journalist for national publications, most recently as a Worth magazine contributing editor. Wootten family, Springer NM, 35,000 acres, 39. Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository. $1,500,000.00. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. Our cutoff point worked out to be 35,000 acres. As part of the project, with the careful restoration of the adobe walls, compacted clay and dirt floors and vigas and latillas (a traditional ceiling cover made of beams and branches), they were turned into rustic guest rooms. At that time, The Bloom Land and Cattle Company acquired the Diamond A Ranch in Chaves County, New Mexico and the Circle Diamond Ranch in Lincoln County, N.M., combining the two ranches into a large cattle and sheep ranching outfit called the Diamond A Cattle Company. Please note: The Animas Foundation discourages visitors to the Diamond A Ranch. In the Malpai Borderlands of southern Arizona and New Mexico, ranchers and conservationists have joined forces to protect a unique landscape. Just as they did in the 1800s, Babbitt cowboys still follow the wagon and sleep in bedrolls, managing8,000 head of Hereford grazing on 700,000 acres of private, federal, and state lands. Lyda Family > Land area: 260,035 acres > Roughly equal to: The size of San Antonio CLN: Is there anything youd like to add that you think our audience should know about the Diamond A Ranch? Though it has its challenges in todays world, the wagon is used as a cost-effective way to work certain parts of the ranch for several days at a time. If the buyer is interested, the owner will consider also selling the John Deere tractor, shredder, riding mower and 3 utility vehicles on the ranch. We won't try to detail the tortured overall history of land ownership in New Mexico, except to note a few basic facts. These accounts portray the panoramic sweep of the New Mexico experience. John Malone: 2.2 million acres in Maine, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. Even then, it can take dozens of acres to support one cow-calf unit. See the full schedule below or find more information on their website. The largest, most historic ranches in the Southwest. Ghost Ranch is a 21,000-acre education center and retreat not far from the village of Abiqui in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. R.A. (Hap) Canning, Capitan NM, 65,000 acres, 18. The ranch is nicely improved with a new owners home, fencing, cattle guards and dirt tanks. Horton, one of the country's largest home-building companies founded by Donald Horton, outbid Los Angeles Dodgers owner Bobby Patton for the 292,779-acre Great Western Ranch in New Mexico, pictured, closing in July for more than the asking price of $59 million. Premiums are not due until October 1 of the crop year. | Send Feedback or Report a Problem. Beyond re-ride stories and stories passed down from the generations, we were able to snag some time with Ranch Manager and Cattle Operations Owner, Rick Kieckhefer, who let us in on some of the details of the Diamond A Ranch. Since 1982 Cholla Livestock LLC has operated the Diamond A and continues to operate with a respect to tradition. Nor do you have to be filthy rich to own significant land in New Mexico. The Nature Conservancy purchased the Gray Ranch in 1990 and, in 1993, retained a conservation easement and sold the property to the newly formed Animas Foundation. Did you mean to type Running anywhere from 1,300 to 16,000 head of cattle on land that maintains the borders of its 1832 land grant by the Republic of Mexico, the Brophys are recognized for their commitment to the land and were the recipients of the 2008 Environmental Stewardship Award. Many of the hallways in the house serve as galleries for artwork. We worked with Peter Pennoyer to restore the paneling and added the plaster friezes and ceiling to complement the style of the paneling and give the room more classical proportions. Put another way, there are nearly 50 acres of New Mexico for every single man, woman and child here. Juliet Casey, Daniel J. Chacon, Nick Kryloff, Dan McCay, Susan Montoya and Martin Salazar are Special Projects Reporters for Crosswinds. Seligman, Ariz. where Geronimo made his last stand, one of the last unguarded regions between the United States and Mexico. New Mexico: ADM2_CODE 043: ADM2_FULL_NAME Sandoval County: FULL NAME Diamond Tail Ranch: FULL_NAME_ND Diamond Tail Ranch: SORT_NAME DIAMONDTAILRANCH: LATITUDE 35.3209: LONGITUDE -106.389: WEATHER: Ver el tiempo William D. Sanders, Santa Fe NM & El Paso TX, 45,000 acres, 28. As such, most documents relate to Williams's personal and business ventures and to the daily operations of running and maintaining ranch properties between the early 1940s and 1958. Nos. The Diamond A ranch is the largest cattle ranch in AZ. Originally part of the VVV ranch which operates many ranches in northern AZ and once ran 30,000 cows and 1,500 horses, also known as the Boquillas ranch it was purchased by the Navajo Nation in 1987 in which they still own today. New Mexico lawyer Thomas B. Catron gained wealth and political power--he later became a U.S. He now owns upwards of 1.2 million acres of New Mexico, at least 50,000 acres more than Turner. ? A large and stylistically diverse compound, the ranch included a territorial style main house and cottage, an adobe building that had once served as a way station, an indoor pool, a modernist chapel designed by Herbert Bayer and a freestanding structure housing storage as well as a Jacobean library with historic paneling and mantel, none of which were tied together in coherently. Please enter a valid email address (formatted as [email protected]). Lamy, N.M. Graham County, Ariz. CLN: Can you give us a few more details on how you raise your ranch horses? 36 to 40. Like the land, theyve weathered the suck-your-skin-dry winds and the relentless sun, but given a little moisture and warmth, they reveal a vibrancy that rivals any springtime in the Southwest. Making Miracles Cowboy Community Rallies for Singleton Ranch Kiddo. Diamond A Ranch Seligman, Ariz. If you don't consider Coronado as our first tourist, ranching is New Mexico's only 450-year-old industry. Cain family, Belen NM, Mountainair NM, elsewhere, 45,000 acres, 29. They can tailor a plan for you using specific data in your region and even select options acre by acre. As the nation's fifth-largest state, New Mexico contains 121,335 square miles, or 77.7 million acres. A one-hour drive south of Silver City, the Pitchfork is six miles from the nearest neighboring ranch and . You can't do much else with land far from population areas that doesn't have a lot of rain or underground water. If you are in the market for a productive and scenic Texas Panhandle hunting and cattle ranch, or if youre looking for the perfect getaway retreat, the Diamond A Ranch should be seen. Dietricha veritable cattle-industry iconpassed away at the age of 84 after contracting COVID-19 in 2020. The Diamond Tail brand was first used in the late 1860s, when Mose Dameron of Jack County began running cattle on land now in De Baca and Roosevelt counties, New Mexico. On October 23, 1884, Frank Divers sold the TAX Ranch to the Elliott Cattle Company of Midland for $34,000. This article about a property in New Mexico on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. The Felder family owned the Ranch for a few years, and then sold it to the Berrien Anderson family in 1938. Sam Britt, Grenville NM, 50,000 acres, 25. , which in March published a pioneering list of the country's 100 largest landowners, including 12 on this list. STAG RANCH Stag Ranch is a 1,000 head cattle ranch located in Elko Co. Nevada. The Sierra Bonita survived Apaches, outlaws, and drought to become one of the largest, most famous spreads in the Southwest. Cimarron, N.M. The Nature Conservancy included the Gray Ranch on its Last Great Places list, and the Hadley family gave portions to the Animas Foundation, an environmentally concerned group headed by the Hadley family. Thatcher of Pueblo, CO, as a subsidiary operation to the Bloom Land and Cattle Company. For example, families who descended from the areas original homesteaders used to hold reunions on land now owned by Diamond A. | Members of our team made hundreds of telephone calls, visited some of the state's 33 county courthouses to examine land records and poured through library holdings. The approach to the house was carefully arranged to blend seamlessly with the surrounding rural [] Rainbird Ranch Ash Creek Arizona Location- 26298 W Ash Creek Road, Willcox AZ 85643 There are. https://nmarchives.unm.edu/repositories/22/resources/1563 Accessed March 01, 2023. Mitchell family, Albert NM, 55,000 acres, 23. While we tried to confirm acreages in some cases we relied on knowledgeable estimates from land experts. For this 100,000 acre ranch in New Mexicos high mountains, Quennell Rothschild & Partners carefully augmented the existing vegetation and mature trees to create outdoor spaces that accentuate views of the nearby hills, the Hondo River and surrounding apple orchards. Our decoration complemented these original features with an appropriate variety of antiques, including a French day bed, Empire mirror, and a side chairthat was made in New Mexico. With CKP Insurance on your side, theyare dedicated to providing you with insight, information, and alternative-risk solutions that are custom-fitted to your business and personal needs. Ponds on the ranch are ready to be stocked with fish for the owners enjoyment. The Cobre Consolidated School District Board of Education Silver City Independent Publishing Co. LLC. But while Diamond A won praises from environmentalists, area ranchers complained that Hadley bought up smaller ranchs to increase his holdings, and also would put up fences on public land, regardless of complaints, preventing movement of cattle. King family, Stanley NM, 170,000 acres, 7. Other useful sources included the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and the New Mexico State Library and the State Corporation Commission, both in Santa Fe. SOLD. Staff Interface 2021 Chas S Middleton and Son. Mike & Deborah Smith, Pampa TX, 40,000 acres, 32. The Gila National Forest announced Tuesday that contractors had By Robert Nott Water, although used sparingly in this dry landscape, has a pervasive dramatic impact throughout the design. The horses and cowboys of the Diamond A are part of an old cowboy tradition that continues to live on throughout the southwest and with a strong dedication to people, cattle, and horses the Diamond A strives to continue as a leader in the industry. 1. No adjusters needed. In some cases we had to make judgment calls about whether to amass lands of disparate family members for the purpose of this list. I am beyond thrilled to be the Editor in Chief for Cowboy Lifestyle Network. The Early Development of Diamond A In 1961, Anderson sold the ranch to the developers, Thomas Burke & Jack Fisher, for $400,000. And this is where 25 of our 40 listees have holdings. The Diamond A Cattle Company collection comes from the estate of Leon E. Williams, New York owner of the Wagon Mound and South Dakota parcels of Diamond A land after the 1939 sell-off of ranch properties by the Bloom Land and Cattle Corporation. The Ranch consist of 49,351+ acres of State Lease and 185+ deeded acres. Both Zane. That just doesnt happen anymore., P.O. Currently, the two sides are locked in a fight over a fence on Diamond A property that prevents hunters from parking to hunt in the Coronado National Forest. Priority natural communities include black grama grasslands, Madrean oak woodlands and Fremont cottonwood riparian forests. 28 to 35 | Nos. Jay Taylor family, Albuquerque NM, Amarillo TX, 60,000 acres, 21. 2 million acres. provide an honest assessment and discourage you from purchasing unnecessary coverage. The foundation has since expanded its landholdings, and the Conservancy has acquired additional easements. Thatcher of Pueblo, CO, as a subsidiary operation to the Bloom Land and Cattle Company. Soils are predominately fine sandy loam, and provide a good turf of short grasses including buffalo and gramma grasses on a majority of the ranch. This vast landscape includes the former Gray Ranch, a spectacular 321,000 acres hosting more than 700 species of plants, 75 mammals, 50 reptiles and amphibians and 170+ types of breeding birds. Consisting of 725,000 acres spanning 75 miles from north to south. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Elementary School wont get a gymnasium after all, as remaining funds from the bond By JO LUTZ William P. Barrett is the Special Projects Editor of Crosswinds. Mobile Terms & Conditions Lee family, San Mateo NM, 300,000 acres, 4. That's the big news from a pioneering Crosswinds project focusing on this question: Who owns New Mexico? Environmentalists immediately praised the ranching foundation for preserving and improving the ecosystem of the large ranch and for providing pastures for nearby droughtstricken ranches in a unique Grassbank arrangement that lets ranchers graze their cattle on the ranch in return for an agreement never to subdivide their own land. But among the canyons of the Peloncillo Mountains and the serenity of the pinon-juniper woods of the Animas Mountains, Hadley and neighboring area ranchers are locked in an ongoing dispute over traditional ranch land usages and access to public lands and country roads. Doherty family, Folsom NM, 60,000 acres, 20. If you're looking for a write-up, please shoot me an email at [email protected]. Michael Mechenbier, Albuquerque NM, 135,000 acres, 9. These grants often conflicted with what Indian tribes and pueblos saw as their property rights from time immemorial. The courtyards vary in scale and character that range from small totally paved spaces with water rills and a quiet fountain to shaded cool lawns that focus on a single existing mature tree. In addition to the Williams material, a very few of the documents relate to business transactions of the Bloom Land and Cattle Company. | Forest Service shoots 19 cattle in wilderness, Many ideas to address behavioral health crisis, no coordination, Silver to involve police in student mental crises, Closed grievance hearing dominates Cobre meeting. a reorganized Diamond A Cattle Company, that owned several ranches including the nominated properties. Gary with his daughter, Kathy, and her husband, Swayze McCraine. The Diamond A Ranch is a mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,400 feet. The company was created in 1885 by Frank G. Bloom of Trinidad, Colorado, and M.D. TNC does not have the authority to permit access to the ranch. With the purchase of Cholla Livestock by Rick and Sarah Kieckhefer, the merger of the Diamond A Ranch with the Kieckhefers K4 Ranches has created the largest cattle ranching operation in the Southwest. 2023 The Nature Conservancy | In addition, there are 5 dirt tanks constructed on the ranch, and 4 constant level ponds fed by well water. In 1894 The Santa Fe New Mexican reported he owned about 2 million acres and was part-owner or lawyer for owners of another 4 million acres. Carl Lane Johnson, Tatum NM, 35,000 acres, From CROSSWINDS, New Mexicos largest alternative newspaper, June 1997 Copyright 1997 Crosswinds Inc. All rights reserved, By William P. Barrett, Juliet Casey, Daniel J. Chacon, Nick Kryloff, Dan McKay, Susan Montoya and Martin Salazar, New mexicos 40 largest private landowners, Ted Turner is not the biggest. It is open concept, with a separate dining area and a stone fireplace in the living room. Most documents pertain to the period after 1940 during which time Leon E. Williams owned Diamond A ranches in Wagon Mound, New Mexico and Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Border Patrol officials have called the unforgiving terrain. The owner reports both water quantity and quality is good. keep you informed throughout the year as to how the program is performing for you and advise on other opportunities to maximize your cost savings. Less than half is in private hands anyway. Here, tall mountain rangesnorthern extensions of Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidentalrise high above the grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert. The home sits at ground level, with concrete and sidewalk landscaping, a bricked retaining wall, sprinkler system in the yard, and a curbed and graveled driveway leading up to the home. This landscape is home to the ridge-nosed rattlesnake, Baird's sparrow, white-sided jackrabbit and pronghorn. Diamond A Ranch, Lincoln County, New Mexico, 2023 Quennell Rothschild & Partners, LLP - All Rights Reserved, 15 Maiden Lane, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10038. Indeed, much of New Mexico's vast federal acreage today is the result of disallowed Mexican or Spanish land grants. Prescott, Ariz. The Ranch lies at 5100' elevation, just west of the Continental Divide in southwest New Mexico. One bill would By JO LUTZ The Lucy Ranch in Torrance County New Mexico $ 5,500,000 The Lucy Ranch is located in the center of New Mexico just off HWY 60 in Torrance County. Electricity is available at multiple locations throughout the ranch. Monday through Friday The landscaped areas close to the house are developed combing a rich plantings of native species, low adobe walls, stone and brick paving. The operations have also moved into the beef business with GourmetBeef.com providing consumers with Diamond A/K4 Ranch, single-sourced, local, hormone-free, and USDA graded Prime/Choice beef that is available at many local retail partners and online at GourmetBeef.com. Read about our work in New Mexico and how your support has helped protect our lands, waters and wildlife. The dining room is meant to recall elements of the Greek Revival period when the main house was originally built. All calves are marketed through some of the top, all-natural retail programs in the business including Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, and GourmetBeef.com. Much of Turner's land is used as grazing land for over 50,000 head of buffalo - the largest private herd of bison in the world. With my background in digital marketing and rodeo, this was a natural fit for me to join the team. It is an integrated operation, raising quality cattle and top-performing horses. this region. Contents1 Who owns the largest ranch in New Mexico?2 How big is the [] To be a little more specific, the west is still alive in Seligman, Arizona, home to Arizonas largest and oldest cattle operations in the state, Diamond A Ranch. Raton, N.M. Smaller, area ranchers accuse Diamond A Ranch of routinely putting up fences on public land and trying to close roads by erecting gates with padlocks, a move that on at least one occasion drew an injunction from a state judge. From the 1500s until the advent of U.S. control in the 1840s, various Spanish and then Mexican rulers made hundreds of land grants covering millions of acres. About the MRDS Data: All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The furnishings for Diamond A Ranch followed in this vein. The 81,000-acre San Cristobal is the flagship of the 1.2-million-acre accumulation of ranches across New Mexico owned by the Singleton Trust. Among the most historic of New Mexicos ranches, the Bell covers 280,000 acres north of Tucumcari. The ranch is cross fenced into basically 3 main pastures of approximately 500 acres each, with a small trap at the pens. Thatcher of Pueblo, CO, as a subsidiary operation to the Bloom Land and Cattle Company. 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