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Contents
LANDREPORT.COM
Features
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Cabin Bluff
Sporting Plantation
Dating back to the 1800s, America's oldest hunting
club features a matchless trifecta of hunting, in-shore
and off-shore fly-fishing, and deepwater angling.
by CORINNE GARCIA
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The Battle of Bois d'Arc Creek
The stench of eminent domain abuse threatens a
North Texas sanctuary as a quasi-governmental
organization seeks to condemn thousands of acres of
private land to "ensure continued economic growth."
by HENRY CHAPPELL
photography by RUSSELL GRAVES
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Land Report Deals of the Year
2016 Deal of the Year:
Australian Outback Beef Buys S. Kidman & Co
by ERIC O'KEEFE
2016 Ag Deal of the Year:
Farmland Partners' 8,638-Acre Illinois Acquisition
by ERIC O'KEEFE
2016 Timberland Deal of the Year:
FIA and Molpus Woodlands Acquire 295,000 Acres
by ERIC O'KEEFE
2016 Ranchland Deal of the Year:
Ted Turner Sells Bluestem Ranch to Osage Nation
by ERIC O'KEEFE
Departments
14 Editor's Note
16 Letters
18
LandReport.com
20
MarketWatch
23
FrontGate
Tax Policy | Top Ten | Investing | Essentials
34
Vistas
The Editors showcase a portfolio of current listings.
96 BackGate
Looking back at ... Tom Brokaw.
ON THE COVER: President Calvin Coolidge at Cabin Bluff in 1928.
