Monday, October 13, 2008


Legend hangs a sale sign After 40 years of working his Woody Creek ranch, George Stranahan is hanging up the shovel to tell stories. The 76-year-old heir to the Champ ion spark plug fortune has listed the 245-acre Flying Dog Ranch for $56 million. The Flying Dog Ranch, adjacent to the 2.3 million-acre White River National Forest, is among the last remaining undeveloped ranches in the Aspen area, said Ed Zasacky, managing broker of Aspen Sotheby's International Realty who is listing the property. While the ranch has been subdivided into four parcels, Zasacky said the property will be sold in its entirety. "We want to give the eventual buyer all the options possible," he said. "We don't want to shoot ourselves in the foot." Two of the parcels have conservation easements, but allow barns to be built. The other two parcels allow homes to be built on them. Zasacky is marketing the property internationally through the Sotheby's website, the company's Reside Magazine and local real estate agents....

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