Cibolo Creek Ranch
El Fortin del Cibolo Historic District | |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000366[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | April 6, 1995 |
Cibolo Creek Ranch is a historic place in Presidio County, Texas, United States. Established as a cattle ranch prior to the Civil War, it has been used in modern times for hunting and a shooting location for the movie industry. It includes a fort called El Fortin del Cibolo which has been renovated as a luxury hotel featuring watchtowers and three-foot-thick adobe walls.[2]
Location
The ranch is situated in the Chinati Mountains of the Chihuahuan Desert, near Shafter, Texas, approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of the Mexico–United States border.[3][4] It spans 30,000 acres (12,000 ha), and U.S. Route 67 passes through the property.[3]
The Cibolo Creek Ranch Airport is located 3.5 mi (5.6 km) northeast of the hotel.[5]
History
Fortin de la Cienega | |
  Fortin de la Cienega  Fortin de la Cienega | |
| Nearest city | Shafter, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°48′13″N 104°12′41″W / 29.80361°N 104.21139°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Built by | Milton Faver |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002059[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 8, 1976 |
La Morita Historic District | |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000367[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | April 6, 1995 |
Milton Faver established the ranch in the 1850s and built three adobe forts, called El Cibolo, La Cienega, and La Morita, for defense against the Apache people who refused to leave the land.[6][7] He raised 200,000 Texas Longhorn cattle.[3]
The ranch has been used by the movie industry since the 1950s. For example,
The ranch was purchased by
A wildfire spread across 1,700 acres of the ranch in 1994.[10]
In May 1999, the ranch hosted the wedding of country musicians
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died at the ranch in 2016. Among his fellow guests at the ranch were members of the International Order of St. Hubertus.[12]
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See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Presidio County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Presidio County
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ISBN 9780292765924.
- ^ a b c d e Abramson, Bein; Bacon, John (February 14, 2016). "Cibolo Creek Ranch: Wildlife, movie sets, luxury". USA Today. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ^ a b c Blinder, Alan; Fernandez, Manny (February 13, 2016). "Texas Ranch Where Scalia Died Is Rugged Oasis for the Famous". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ^ "Cibolo Creek Ranch Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ISBN 9781586850319.
- ^ a b Barnett, Tracy (November 19, 2006). "Cibolo Creek Ranch: A world-class ranch getaway, Cibolo Creek lives up to its reputation". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ "Company Overview of J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc.: John B. Poindexter". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ Viebeck, Elise (February 13, 2016). "Inside Cibolo Creek Ranch, the luxury resort where Scalia died". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
Emily Erwin of the Texas-born group married fellow Texan and musician Charlie Robison on Saturday at Cibolo Creek Ranch in the Big Bend.
- ^ Brittain, Amy; Horwitz, Sari (February 24, 2016). "Justice Scalia Spent His Last Hours With Members of This Secretive Society of Elite Hunters". The Washington Post.
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