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Moon River Ranch – View From a Bend in the Brazos River

03/12/2024

Moon River Ranch in Falls County is listed for $7,900,000. Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

As the nation’s 11th longest river meanders from New Mexico to the Gulf Coast, it passes one of the most spectacular trophy ranches in Central Texas.

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Only 90 minutes from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and the Austin area, the Moon River Ranch on a bend in the Brazos River has played host to numerous weddings, corporate retreats and family reunions in recent years.
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Football Legend Terry Bradshaw’s Showplace Ranch

02/26/2015
Circle 12 Ranch, 18901 Bradshaw Lane Thackerville 73459, Angie Nelson, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-firepit

Terry Bradshaw’s completely renovated Circle 12 Ranch is listed for $10.8 million. Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

Everyone knows Terry Bradshaw as one of the nation’s best quarterbacks, having played 14 seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, won four Super Bowl titles and was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

What most people don’t know is that Bradshaw is also an accomplished rancher.

Circle 12 Ranch, 18901 Bradshaw Lane Thackerville 73459, Angie Nelson, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-exterior

The Fox Sports broadcaster has built a pristine 744-acre ranch an hour north of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and a few minutes from the Winstar Casino with its world-class entertainment, shopping and dining.

Circle 12 Ranch, 18901 Bradshaw Lane Thackerville 73459, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-landscape

On what he calls his sanctuary from his hectic schedule, Bradshaw raises cattle, horses and hogs.

“I built this ranch to satisfy my passion for being outdoors and working with animals. It is one of the finest spreads of its type anywhere,” he said.

After 14 years of turning a neglected piece of Oklahoma land into a showplace, is selling the Circle 12 Ranch for $10.8 million.

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On the ranch is an 8,600-square-foot home, built in rustic style with western décor. It has six bedrooms and eight baths with tall ceilings, large fireplaces, tiled floors and wood paneling under a green roof. The outdoor patio is more than 1,000 square feet and has a kitchen and bar, a fireplace and a fire pit. There is also a pool and a two-story doghouse.

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For the horses there is a four-stall stallion barn, a 20-stall show barn, a 50-stall mare barn with a laboratory and office and a large covered arena. The property has numerous trails, sealed asphalt roads, fenced-in pastures and paddocks and eight ponds.

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Ranch Round-Up – What It’s Like to Own Land in the Great State of Texas {Video}

02/19/2015

Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

With gentleman’s ranches, cattle operations, state-of-the-art breeding ranching, reining and cutting farms and more, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty brings the best of the West’s wide open spaces right to your computer or mobile device.

Start your journey toward owning a piece of the Texas lifestyle. Travel miles of rolling ranchland and see world-renowned horse farms—all without leaving the comfort of your armchair—at ranch.briggsfreeman.com.

Here’s a taste:
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Steeped in Texas History - Bitter Creek Ranch

02/17/2015
Bitter Creek Ranch, 0 Highway 70  79237, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-water view

Enjoy breathtaking views at Bitter Creek Ranch, listed for $33,861,275 or $950 an acre. Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

Charles Goodnight, the “father of the Texas Panhandle,” is a legendary figure who inspired the popular Lonesome Dove novels and films and whom historian J. Frank Dobie said “approached greatness more nearly than any other cowman of history.”

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With Oliver Loving, Goodnight drove cattle north in 1866 on the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He invented the chuck wagon and established the Panhandle Stockman’s Association to improve cattle-breeding and fight rustlers and outlaws.

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A decade later, to take advantage of available grass, timber, water and game, Goodnight joined Irishman John Adair in founding the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon, the Panhandle’s first ranch.

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Today the Bitter Creek Ranch, with 35,643 acres, was once the mare pasture of the historic JA Ranch.
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Hunting Lodge and Spring-Fed Ponds in West Texas

02/03/2025
Hat Creek Ranch, 2223 CR 181 Blackwell 79506, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-deer

Hat Creek Ranch is listed for $9,950,000. Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

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Finding spring-fed ponds and creeks on a west Texas ranch is exceptionally rare. But not at the 2,883-acre Hat Creek Ranch, which has spring-fed creeks, two large dams with low water crossings, 11 active water wells and three 1- to 2-acre stock tanks. 2223 CR 181 Blackwell 79506, Hat Creek Ranch, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-land
In addition to the water, the topography is breathtaking, with hundreds of feet in elevation changes.
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Legacy Land – A Look at Buying Texas Ranches

01/13/2015
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The 831-acre Robinson Ranch in Blanco County is listed for $10,395,625. Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

Selling Texas farms and ranches used to be mostly a local transaction. Brokers of rural land were experts, often working in small offices. They knew what properties were for sale and what was happening in one or two counties. But today, buyers more often find their dream property on the Internet, while they are drinking coffee in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex or reading a magazine in New York City. They need a different type of broker in finding a farm or ranch.
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Terry Bradshaw Selling His Showplace Ranch

12/18/2014
Circle 12 Ranch, 18901 Bradshaw Lane Thackerville 73459, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-landscape

Terry Bradshaw’s completely renovated Circle 12 Ranch is listed for $10.8 million. Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

Everyone knows Terry Bradshaw as one of the nation’s best quarterbacks, having played 14 seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, won four Super Bowl titles and was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

What most people don’t know is that Bradshaw is also an accomplished rancher.

Circle 12 Ranch, 18901 Bradshaw Lane Thackerville 73459, Angie Nelson, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-exterior

The Fox Sports broadcaster has built a pristine 744-acre ranch an hour north of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and a few minutes from the Winstar Casino with its world-class entertainment, shopping and dining.
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Drive or Fly to Your New Ranch in Morgan, TX

09/30/2014
Cedar Valley Ranch, 731 FM 927 Morgan TX 76671, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-landscape

With great views of Lake Whitney in picturesque Bosque County, Cedar Valley Deer Ranch is one of the finest deer-breeding ranches in North Texas. Listed for $2,890,000. Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

With great views of Lake Whitney in picturesque Bosque County, Cedar Valley Deer Ranch is one of the finest deer-breeding ranches in North Texas. An easy 75-mile drive south of the Metroplex, you can also fly to this 397-acre ranch, land on a grass airstrip and park in a hangar. Cedar Valley Deer Ranch is perfect for a professional hunting operation, family compound or a recreational ranch.

For deer breeders, the ranch has a well-designed, air-conditioned, scientific deer breeding lab and extensive pens. The air-conditioned lab is equipped for easy deer breeding. The space can be re-configured to use as a shop or barn.
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Rancho Sereno: Red River Contemporary {Video}

09/10/2024

Photos and video / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

One of the most sought-after architectural styles was popularized by the nationally renowned firm of Lake|Flato, which used regional materials to create artfully crafted, modern homes that are environmentally friendly and energy efficient.

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On the 120-acre Rancho Sereno in Whitesboro in the Red River Valley’s beautiful Cross Timbers region are three Lake|Flato-inspired contemporary homes in a compound that would serve a large family or several families.
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Hat Creek Ranch: Spring-fed Ponds and Ranging Wildlife

09/03/2025
2223 CR 181 Blackwell 79506, Hat Creek Ranch, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-exterior

Hat Creek Ranch, which has spring-fed creeks, two large dams with low water crossings, 11 active water wells and three one- to two-acre stock tanks. The ranch is listed for $9,950,000. Photos / Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

2223 CR 181 Blackwell 79506, Hat Creek Ranch, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-lake

Finding spring-fed ponds and creeks on a west Texas ranch is exceptionally rare. But not at the 2,883-acre Hat Creek Ranch, which has spring-fed creeks, two large dams with low water crossings, 11 active water wells and three one- to two-acre stock tanks. In addition to the water, the topography is breathtaking, with hundreds of feet in elevation changes.

2223 CR 181 Blackwell 79506, Hat Creek Ranch, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's luxury home for sale in Dallas Fort Worth-animals

Just south of Sweetwater, Hat Creek Ranch at 2223 CR 181 in Blackwell also has extraordinary hunting, with a wide variety of animals including whitetail, fallow and axis deer; gemsbok; Corsican, red and aoudad sheep; plus dove, turkey and a re-emerging quail population.
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