The curtains in the dining room are embroidered with a diamond circle repeat along its border, a cattle branding symbol dating to the late 19th century. The Diamond A is conveniently located a little over an hours drive from Amarillo, and about three hours from Lubbock, Wichita Falls and Oklahoma City. 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 I think (Diamond A Ranch) would rather ask for forgiveness rather than ask for permission, said Judy Keeler, a neighboring rancher who runs an 8,000-acre ranch. 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. The headquarter property. 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. This month Barrett rejoins. Michael Mechenbier, Albuquerque NM, 135,000 acres, 9. You can't do much else with land far from population areas that doesn't have a lot of rain or underground water. All those moves, ranchers say, are slowly changing the way of life in the Bootheel as areas long visited by hunters, ranchers and originally by homesteaders are being shut out. There is also correspondence between Williams and the Regents of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Call Clint Robinson at (806) 786-3730 for a private showing. The Diamond A still continues with the theme of a spring/fall works wagon. Ted Turner is not the biggest. A pair of silver-plated chandeliers, a suite of tufted leather upholstery, and antique carpet complete the room. . This month Barrett rejoins Forbes magazine as an associate editor. Nor did we want to write only about hotsy-totsy developers in Santa Fe or Albuquerque, so we looked for acreage, not value. 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. Were friendly with them but its been an ongoing battle.. The company also purchased a ranch in South Dakota. Brittingham family, Anton Chico NM, 60,000 acres, 19. Although mountainous, the land is primarily rolling Chihuahuan grassland, one of the most biologically diverse arid regions in the world. Among the most historic of New Mexicos ranches, the Bell covers 280,000 acres north of Tucumcari. The company was created in 1885 by Frank G. Bloom of Trinidad, Colorado, and M.D. 1. In the Malpai Borderlands of southern Arizona and New Mexico, ranchers and conservationists have joined forces to protect a unique landscape. 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 Ranch lies at 5100' elevation, just west of the Continental Divide in southwest New Mexico. automatically based on data from NOAA CPC. R.A. (Hap) Canning, Capitan NM, 65,000 acres, 18. The ten largest landowners in America are 1. cable and media honcho John Malone (2.2 million acres), 2. lumber titans Emmerson Family, 3. Take a massive leap back in time, however, and this area, along . The livestock business in New Mexico actually dates back to 1540 when the military explorer Francisco Vasques Coronado brought up some sheep and horses from 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. All of the ranch horses are raised outside on the same rangeland they work in daily. As part of our research, we talked with county tax assessors, appraisers and other land experts. The ranch is comprised of 1,579.94 acres and boasts excellent cattle grazing, an outstanding wildlife habitat and wide-open scenic views. As part of the Express Ranchesthe nations number one seed stock producerthe Express UU Bar maintains a production cow-calf unit, a bred heifer development program, and 1,000 head of yearlings on 168,000 acres of high altitude rangeland each summer. New Mexico lawyer Thomas B. Catron gained wealth and political power--he later became a U.S. I am passionate about preserving the western way of life and working with different brands and rodeos to make that happen. Read about our work in New Mexico and how your support has helped protect our lands, waters and wildlife. Making Miracles Cowboy Community Rallies for Singleton Ranch Kiddo. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. They also say Hadleys focus on environmental concerns, which sometimes result in vast chucks of land being set aside for wildlife, makes it harder for them to navigate through the sprawling ranch and keep up with usage rules. Diamond A Ranch (Roswell, New Mexico) The Diamond A Ranch, near Roswell, New Mexico, is a historic ranch. We are pleased to have obtained an exclusive listing on the Diamond A Ranch. The Diamond A Ranch is a mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,400 feet. $1,500,000.00. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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. The Diamond A currently runs a remuda of 75 working saddle horses, 30 broodmares, 3 stallions, and 35 young geldings and fillies. The company was created in 1885 by Frank G. Bloom of Trinidad, Colorado, and M.D. As the founder of Cable News Network and now vice chairman of Time Warner, Ted Turner is famous, even legendary. list last fall of the state's 25 richest persons. Thatcher of Pueblo, CO, as a subsidiary operation to the Bloom Land and Cattle Company. The 9 continues under third- and fourth-generation ownership, exemplifying the ranching heritage and tradition. 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. Since 1982 Cholla Livestock LLC has operated the Diamond A and continues to operate with a respect to tradition. It is truly one of the most significant natural sites in the nation. Baldrige family, Cedar Crest NM, Hygiene CO, elsewhere, 45,000 acres, 30. On the other hand, you can't ignore the numbers. He now owns upwards of 1.2 million acres of New Mexico, at least 50,000 acres more than Turner. The Diamond A ranch is the largest cattle ranch in AZ. All calves are marketed through some of the top, all-natural retail programs in the business including Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, and GourmetBeef.com. The Diamond A ranch also known as the Big Boquillas is located in Northern Arizona. Juliet Casey, Daniel J. Chacon, Nick Kryloff, Dan McCay, Susan Montoya and Martin Salazar are Special Projects Reporters for Crosswinds. 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. 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. This property, including all recently completed improvements, is being realistically offered at $1,295 per acre. Even then, it can take dozens of acres to support one cow-calf unit. 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. The Diamond A Cattle Company was a nationally-known ranching outfit based in New Mexico and Colorado between 1885 and 1939. They said the proposed outpost on Diamond A land made the most strategic sense in battling Mexican cartel traffickers who routinely travel through nearby mountains with carpet stuck to the bottoms of their shoes to hide their tracks. Border Patrol officials have called the unforgiving terrain,where Geronimo made his last stand, one of the last unguarded regions between the United States and Mexico. He is a veteran journalist for national publications, most recently as a, magazine contributing editor. | Send Feedback or Report a Problem. All the horses are run outside in the same tough country they work in. The Southern boundary fence, comprising only approximately 2/3 mile, is older fence but is suitable and being used in the livestock operation. ACRES The Diamond A Ranch lies in a unique area of the country called the Sky Islands. Publications we consulted--and hereby acknowledge--include the, National or out-of-state publications include, , Solano NM, Lake Forest IL, elsewhere, 290,000 acres, , Dallas TX and Amarillo TX, 85,000 acres, , Albuquerque NM, Amarillo TX, 60,000 acres, , Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico, 55,000 acres, , Belen NM, Mountainair NM, elsewhere, 45,000 acres, , Cedar Crest NM, Hygiene CO, elsewhere, 45,000 acres, , Cliff NM, Ruidoso NM, Snyder TX, 40,000 acres, , Juliet Casey, Daniel J. Chacon, Nick Kryloff, Dan McKay, Susan Montoya and Martin Salazar. West of the Rio Grande all the way to the Arizona state line, the overwhelming bulk of the acreage is held by government, much of it connected to the huge Indian reservations. The bloodlines of the ranch are mostly from cow and ranch horse stock and include Tanquery Gin, Doc OLena, Colonel Freckles, Peppy San Badger, Bueno Chex, Driftwood, Zan Parr Bar, PlayGun, Easy Jet, and Doc Tom Tucker. 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 As mentioned, the ranch is very well watered with a total of 10 submersible and solar wells. At that time, The Bloom Land and Cattle Company . Mitchell family, Albert NM, 55,000 acres, 23. Set on 120,000 acres in the arid lands of northeastern New Mexico, Diamond A Ranch is a working sheep ranch with a long history and a series of owners who each added to its expansive plan. ft. 3-bedroom home nestled in the trees overlooking the ranch. The west is still very much alive in Arizona! Huning family, Los Lunas NM, 160,000 acres, 8. The spaces are edged with narrow channels filled with running water that recalls the indigenous irrigation ditches of the New Mexican agricultural landscape. And this is where 25 of our 40 listees have holdings. Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections, UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections, Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico) Oral History Collection, Business enterprises -- New Mexico -- History. They are also a partner in the larger Malpai Borderlands Group, a nonprofit, community-based, volunteer organization founded by ranchers in southern New Mexico and Arizona dedicated to improving the quality of their ranches and preserving their ranching way of life. 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. 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 result was decades of litigation--and fraud, as all kinds of dubious documents surfaced in purported support of these ancient rights. The disputes between the ranchers and Diamond A also played out in January when the U.S. Border Patrol announced it would build an outpost on a plot owned by Diamond A rather than on U.S. Bureau of Land Management land closer to the border. That's why, for example, the many branches of the Perez families of Torrance and Guadalupe Counties aren't here. Butler heirs, Massachusetts, elsewhere, 95,000 acres, 15. It's not surprising that only two persons on this listWilliam D. Sanders and John Yatesmade the. Edmund F. Ball, Muncie IN, 45,000 acres, 31. By thirty The goal was to artistically relate this diverse collection of rooms, reflecting the regions heritage without falling into clichs of Southwestern decoration. Diamond Tail Ranch. Indeed, much of New Mexico's vast federal acreage today is the result of disallowed Mexican or Spanish land grants. No adjusters needed. 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. 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. Despite the constant back and forth, area ranchers lament that the biggest transformation since the Hadleys bought the ranch has been a discontinuation of annual community events. Decades of boom and bust have forced the division and sale of many large spreads. This innovative plan is based on precipitation using the Rainfall Index. Our cutoff point worked out to be 35,000 acres. The ranch runs an Angus genetic-based cow herd. The records are Williams's business and personal papers. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the 1848 agreement that ended the Mexican War and ceded most of what is now New Mexico to the United States, protected grant holders who had perfected their titles. The collection includes vouchers, correspondence, tax returns, warranty deeds, and general papers pertaining to the Williams' Diamond A Cattle Company business. Flagstaff, Ariz. Here, tall mountain rangesnorthern extensions of Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidentalrise high above the grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert. That works out to 7% of the entire state but 16% of the state's privately owned acreage. A pipe rail fence surrounds the home site with a cattle guard entrance at the driveway. 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. One big caveat: While clearly we have identified the overwhelming bulk of the largest individual and family landholdings in the state, we really can't guarantee that we have found them all. 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. Diamond A Ranch Seligman, Ariz. 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. If you don't consider Coronado as our first tourist, ranching is New Mexico's only 450-year-old industry. That's a lot of land. Since 1973, the Irwin family has owned it with a strong commitment to the traditions and culture of ranching. The owner reports both water quantity and quality is good. Southwestern ranchers are hardy people. The largest, most historic ranches in the Southwest. As you would expect, all of these holdings are essentially livestock ranches, cattle or sheep or horses, with some farming and other uses. For more than a decade Singleton has been quietly buying far smaller ranches between Santa Fe and Roswell--but a whole lot of them. a reorganized Diamond A Cattle Company, that owned several ranches including the nominated properties. Dietricha veritable cattle-industry iconpassed away at the age of 84 after contracting COVID-19 in 2020. The Gila National Forest announced Tuesday that contractors had By Robert Nott The Diamond A Ranch is a 500-square-mile gem nestled in the boot heel of New Mexico. CNN founder Ted Turner owns 2 million acres of land largely in New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Georgia. Part of his legend, in fact, seems to be that he owns more land that any other individual in this state. The livestock pens are good quality steel pipe and guardrail construction and contain 4 pens, an alley way, load out ramp, and a concrete slab working area. 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. Formerly known as the Boquillas, or the 3V, the 770,000-acre Diamond A is considered the largest ranch in Arizona. To review your email preferences, please visit nature.org/emailpreferences. Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository. To manage or opt-out of receiving cookies, please visit our. 2021 Chas S Middleton and Son. King family, Stanley NM, 170,000 acres, 7. Land Broker and Land Appraisalfirm established in 1920. The Nature Conservancy is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization (tax identification number 53-0242652) under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. 1,579.94 Ted Turner: 2 million acres in New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Georgia. Kryloff and Barrett last wrote for Crosswinds in October when they and Ray Langley co-authored The Crosswinds 25, a list of the state's richest persons. In many ways, however, the histories are more important than the numbers. The Diamond A Ranch offers some of the best hunting in the Texas Panhandle with both whitetail and mule deer found on the ranch. A portion of the ranch less than one acre in size, including two contributing buildings dating from the late 1880s or early 1890s, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. R.E. Staff Interface | Thomas Jaynes decoration adds another layer of texture and historical vernacular to the interiors. Please enter a valid email address (formatted as name@company.com). 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. https://nmarchives.unm.edu/repositories/22/resources/1563 Accessed March 01, 2023. 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. There is an attractive mix of hardwood trees along the creek, including very large cottonwoods on the Southern end of the ranch. 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. Lyda Family > Land area: 260,035 acres > Roughly equal to: The size of San Antonio . The approach to the house was carefully arranged to blend seamlessly with the surrounding rural [] Raton, N.M. Silver City, NM 88061. The owners home is a new, 3-bedroom, 2-bath manufactured home, with a 30 ft. x 12 ft. wrap-around porch providing nice views of the sunrise each morning. In addition, there are 5 dirt tanks constructed on the ranch, and 4 constant level ponds fed by well water. Now in their eighth decade of ownership, the Brophy family operates the 28,000 acres that comprise Arizonas largest contiguous private land parcel. For months prior to the U.S. Border Patrols decision, ranchers had held meetings in nearby Lordsburg, N.M., signed petitions and wrote letters demanding that the border patrol build the outpost on federal land closer to the border. Thatcher of Pueblo, CO, as a subsidiary operation to the Bloom Land and Cattle Company. Explore our work in The room features a bronze sculpture of two cowboys shaking hands as a gesture of hospitality in a room intended for entertaining large groups of guests. 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. Our essays include tales of fatal gunfights, political intrigue, risks taken and failed, luck, famous inventions, family dynasties, obligatory connections to Billy The Kid, tragedies, carpetbaggers, alleged UFO crashes and, of course, an abiding faith in the permanence of terra firma. The bar has panels covered in deep brown leather studded with nailheads and rich wood paneling designed by Peter Pennoyer. Consisting of 725,000 acres spanning 75 miles from north to south. Wootten family, Springer NM, 35,000 acres, 39. There are a total of 10 submersible and solar wells on the property, with 5 wells being newly installed. Prescott, Ariz. 1 to 6 | Nos. He now owns upwards of 1.2 million acres of New Mexico, at least 50,000 acres more than Turner. Diamond A Ranch, Lincoln County, New Mexico, 2023 Quennell Rothschild & Partners, LLP - All Rights Reserved, 15 Maiden Lane, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10038. Since 1886, Babbit Ranches has been guided by cowboy values, now outline in the ranchs Constitution. $2,046,023 2 million acres. STAG RANCH Stag Ranch is a 1,000 head cattle ranch located in Elko Co. Nevada. Formerly known as the Boquillas, or the 3V, the 770,000-acre Diamond A is considered the largest ranch in Arizona. Set on 120,000 acres in the arid lands of northeastern New Mexico, Diamond A Ranch is a working sheep ranch with a long history and a series of owners who each added to its expansive plan. The Diamond A Cattle Company was a nationally-known ranching outfit based in New Mexico and Colorado between 1885 and 1939. The majority of perimeter fencing is considered good to excellent, with approximately 3 miles of new fence on the ranch. Ghost Ranch is a 21,000-acre education center and retreat not far from the village of Abiqui in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Located on the slopes of Mount Taylor, it is operated by the third generation of the Lee family. Enterance in to the Ranch is thourgh the private land. Please note: The Animas Foundation discourages visitors to the Diamond A Ranch. National or out-of-state publications include Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Muncie Star-Press. 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. Permission is required for publication or distribution. 1. A Diamond A Ranch spokeswoman declined to comment for this story. 14 to 21 | Nos. 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. East of the Rio Grande and south of Interstate 40, a bit more than half the land is government, most notable the White Sands Missile Range and various forest lands. Rancher Seth Hadley, whose family owns the sprawling Diamond A Ranch in the Bootheel, has agreed to construct a road on the northern side of the ranch to the national forest boundary. Associates: Nebojsa Savic, Kevin Dakan, Miriam Cantelmi, Claudia Mulas, Christopher Stoer, Landscape Architect: Quennell Rothschild & Partners, Interior Design: Thomas Jayne, Jayne Design Studio. The bunkhouse is also built of stone; both have pitched metal roofs.[2]. Read: 9 Successful Money-Making 'Schemes' That Are Actually Legal 49. set out to identify the state's 40 largest private individual or family landowners by acreage and provide some sense of their histories. All calves are marketed through some of the top, all-natural retail programs in the business including Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, and GourmetBeef.com. Yet Turner, who lives in Roswell--Georgia, not New Mexico--is not the biggest personal landowner in the Land of Enchantment. 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