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100 The LandReport | W I N T E R 2 0 1 5 LANDREPORT.COM remaining SandRidge shares in 2007. Mitchell's 350,000-acre Longfellow Ranch near his hometown of Sanderson offers world-class elk and mule deer hunts. D.R. Horton 371,805 acres up 109,000 acres The Texas homebuilder acquired new lands in the Southwest, snapping up New Mexico's 109,000-acre Double V Ranch in Chaves and DeBaca Counties. Formerly owned by Richard Evans, the Double V fell victim to the worst drought in more than a century. In 2014, Horton added the Great Western Ranch to his holdings, which also include Camp Horton, an 86,000-acre ranch in West Texas. Collins Family 310,472 acres With FSC-certified forests in Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Northern California, the Collins Family became early adopters of eco-friendly practices, which continue to help minimize the company's carbon footprint thanks to an abiding commitment to ecosystem manage- ment and natural biodiversity. state as well as Montana, Idaho, and Utah, including Idaho's Sun Valley Resort, which Holding purchased after his first time on skis. Hughes Family 390,000 acres The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission honored the Hughes family by christening a portion of the Devils River State Natural Area the Dan A. Hughes Unit. Hughes led a $10 million fundraising effort that resulted in the purchase of 17,000 acres along the Devils River in Val Verde County. "The acquisition of this culturally and environmentally unique piece of Texas could not have happened without Mr. Hughes' spirit of generosity and leadership," said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Director Carter Smith. Malone Mitchell 3rd 384,000 acres In 2006, this West Texan sold his interest in Riata Energy to Chesapeake Energy co- founder Tom Ward for $500 million. Riata was renamed SandRidge, and the company then acquired Carl Icahn's National Energy Group for $1.5 billion. Mitchell sold his range from oil and gas production, to the Southern Pacific Railroad, to ownership of the Los Angeles Kings and an interest in the Los Angeles Lakers. But as Henry Brooks Adams noted, the influence of a teacher never stops. In 2015, Anschutz penned Out Where the West Begins, an enjoyable read chronicling the fortunes of early Western business lead- ers. Marian Anschutz would have approved. Drummond Family 433,000 acres The Drummonds helped write ranching history in Oklahoma, and there's plenty of story left to tell. The patriarch emigrated from Scotland as a teen and married Kansas native Addie Gentner. All three of their sons became successful cattle ranchers, and their descendants manage hundreds of thousands of acres in Oklahoma and Kansas. Holding Family 400,000 acres Heirs of Robert Earl Holding, who launched an empire in 1952 with the purchase of an interest in a 24-hour gas station located in Little America, Wyoming, own land in that TIMOTHY THIMMES/T SQUARED STUDIOS The Land Report 100 Interested in the stories of the Old West? Then get your hands on Philip Anschutz's new book. No. 18 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 19 |