Ranch founded in 1870 by Samuel Burk Burnett
Story by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News
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One of Texas’ most historic, largest and storied ranches is for sale for the first time after 150 years of family ownership.
The 6666’s Ranch in King County has been listed with Lubbock brokerage firm Chas. S. Middleton and Son.
The ranch is being sold in accordance with the will of Anne Burnett Marion, the owner who died in February. Marion was the granddaughter of ranch founder and Texas cattleman Samuel Burk Burnett.
The ranch boasts 142,372 acres, with more than 140,000 being native pasture and 1,000 acres in cultivation.
The asking price for the flagship property is $192,202,200. The listing also includes the Dixon Creek Ranch Division, which stretches into both Carson and Hutchinson counties, containing 114,000 acres. Dixon Creek’s asking price is $137,346,000.
The 6666 Frisco Creek Ranch Division in Sherman County also is listed. The division, purchased in 2016, spans 9,427 acres. The asking price for this portion is $12,209,260.
According to Chas S. Middleton and Son, the seller prefers to sell all of the 225-square-mile property as a whole, with a total asking price topping $341 million.
The ranch, founded in 1870, isn’t short of legend, the most common being that this history of the ranch began with a poker game and a winning hand of four sixes. The land comes along with the original family home on the property, built in 1917.
The historic “Big House” at the ranch headquarters, built in 1917, has hosted presidents including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Comanche Chief Quanah Parker.
The 13,280-square-foot house contains 13 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, two kitchens and dining room and three fireplaces.
