The $200M Texas Panhandle Ranch That Burned So Fast Nobody Could Save It
In late February 2024, the Texas Panhandle ignited. A wall of flame from the Smokehouse Creek Fire tore through Turkey Track Ranch - an 80,000-acre empire ranch once marketed for $200 million - burning so fast the usual defenses (roads, breaks, fences, water points) barely mattered. This documentary follows the ranch’s long shadow: from the Canadian River breaks and the battle-scarred ground of Adobe Walls… to the rise of cattle power, the arrival of oil money, and the modern “trophy ranch” era - until fire forces the biggest question of all: What does it actually mean to “own” land that can’t be controlled? Subscribe for more long-form history-meets-money documentaries - where the land is never just land. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This video is a non-commercial, educational history documentary produced for research and for purposes of commentary, critique, and analysis. Certain archival photographs and video clips appear here under the Fair Use doctrine (Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act), including use for commentary and criticism, news reporting, instruction, scholarship, and research.
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