An enormous piece of the wild west has just hit the market. A
600,000-acre Nevada cattle ranch steeped in history and gunfights is
selling for $36 million. Sacramentans drive past the property on
Interstate 80 on their way east to Utah, Denver and points beyond. The
property is located north of Battle Mountain, Nev., and is bordered on
the south by I-80. The centuries-old 25 Ranch spans four counties in Nevada: Humboldt, Lander, Elko and Eureka. Watkins Ranch Group of Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty listed 25
Ranch, one of the largest and oldest in the state, on September 4, 2019,
for $36.525 million—to be exact. “Rarely do you see properties of this size with such a large amount
of grazing acreage and water rights come to market anywhere in the
country,” Asher Watkins of Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty said in
a news release. “This is a serious chunk of land.” A main residence, multiple dwellings, corrals,
barns, shops and support buildings have been added to the 25 Ranch over
the years, according to Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty. Streams
twist and turn through the ranch and the property offers stunning vistas
of the countryside, towering mountains and untouched valleys. The property holds many “vested and decreed water
rights dating back to the 1870s and features multiple water sources,
along with long-standing BLM grazing permits and a year-round carrying
capacity of approximately 6,500 cows,” according to Sierra Sotheby’s...MORE
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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