Tom Waggoner was irked that his ranch hands kept finding crude oil when they drilled for water. He calmed down after the rise of the automobile. Rogers joked, “I see there’s an oil well for every cow.

After the famous Waggoner Ranch was sold in 2016, it seemed to mark the end of one of the greatest stories of Texas success and perseverance. Still, the history of the ranch and the family that ...

HOUSTON — For sale: the biggest American ranch ever put on the block — larger than Los Angeles and New York City combined — about 800 square miles of north Texas prairie, cattle pasture and, of course ...

DALLAS -- Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke has agreed to purchase the W.T. Waggoner Estate Ranch in Texas that had an asking price of $725 million, according to Bloomberg News. Kroenke owns ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — One of the largest ranches in the U.S. and an icon for Texas horse and cattlemen has been listed for $725 million, marking the end of a decades-long courtroom battle among the ...

The historic W.T. Waggoner Ranch south of Vernon, Texas, was sold this morning to LA Rams owner Stan Kroenke. The selling price on the 535,000-acre ranch, which spreads across six counties, has not ...

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