Saturday, September 14, 2019

This ‘serious chunk’ (600,000 acres) of the wild west is for sale for $36 million

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

Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article235013687.html#storylink=cpy

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