PRESIDIO COUNTY, Texas — The cityscape and suburban sprawl of Dallas-Fort Worth might make it hard to imagine a Texas before development.
Seven hours to the southwest, it's a much different story.
The massive 66,388-acre Lely Ranch in Presidio County -- billed by brokers as "truly the last frontier" -- hit the market for around $26 million earlier this year, and someone just scooped it up.
Icon Global and Kind Land & Water announced the sale this week.
While the sale price wasn't disclosed, the property was initially listed for $25.9 million. The Big Bend Sentinel, a weekly newspaper that covers Presidio County, reported that Hunter Industries founder Johnny Weisman was the buyer.
Located about 30 minutes to the south of Marfa, and on the west side of Big Bend Ranch State Park, the Lely Ranch hasn't changed hands since the 1960s, when a dairy magnate purchased the property.
The rugged ranch is without frills, but has plenty of topography, including cliffs and canyons along Cibolo Creek and 1,500-foot elevation changes across the property.
Icon and King Land & Water billed the property as offering "a diverse range of hunting and expansive recreational revenue possibilities," with game including giant mule deer, elk, aoudad rams, javelinas and hogs.
The ranch also features canyon walls with pictographs -- ancient markings and writings -- "and many relics from when Indians and outlaws called this ranch their home," the listing said.
And in a more unusual example of just how untouched the ranch has remained, the land also includes wreckage from a plane crash. No further details were included in the listing.
"This vast, rugged Ranch is largely untouched, and affords a rare chance to own your own Big Bend," the listing said.
