Roughly 60% of the ranch is in deep, scenic canyon bottoms and secluded valleys, with 150+ tall mesas and plateaus. The main canyon is Pat Canyon, which runs through the south and west sides of the ranch for approximately four miles. Other notable canyons are Sand on the east side and Gallinas in the middle. The multiple fingers of these canyons provide inspiring scenery around every corner.

The canyon bottoms are well watered by natural springs that form into pools of water along the bluff walls, providing water for livestock and wildlife in the most remote areas. Several seasonal waterways, lined by 40 tall cottonwood trees, wind through the canyons as well. A few dams along these back up water during wet weather months. Other water is generated by a series of twelve windmill-powered water wells across the ranch, and an additional well on the northeast side that is powered by an electric pump. The canyons host an abundance of hardwood trees, including juniper, pinion pine, hackberry, chinaberry, shin oak, and mesquite.

PRAIRIE PASTURES:

The other 40% of the ranch is in native prairie land, with well sodded pastures of buffalo and gramma grasses, and scattered bluestem and switch clumps. Various species of cacti dot the landscape, such as cholla and prickly pear, along with yucca and sage brush. Colorful wildflowers blanket the pastures in the growing seasons as well.

The terrain of this part of the ranch is rolling hills to broad, flat pastures, with several draws and drainages transversing it merge into the canyons on the south side.

CATTLE RANCHING:

The ranch is cross fenced into large pastures and is capable of running 500-600 cow/calf pairs, depending on annual precipitation. Normally, this area can expect to receive around 16 of rainfall, and 19 of snow in the winter. As a stocker operation, it can support one animal unit to ten acres during the growing months. Two sets of older working pens are located on the ranch, one on the north end and one on the south.

A grazing lease is in place on the ranch, which pays $6 per deeded acre. It renews at the first of each year and is assumable by a new owner, if desired. The current tenant lives at the headquarters in the ranch house and maintains the facilities as part of the lease. The headquarters also has a metal equipment barn, several older outbuildings, and a few open horse stalls.

WILDLIFE/HUNTING:

This ranch is full of wildlife, as is the whole Black Mesa area. Pronghorn antelope herds roam the northern prairies, while deer (mainly mule, some whitetail) and Rio Grande turkey will be found all through the canyon bottoms. Black bear, mountain lion, and bobcat can be found here too, as well as blue quail and migratory ducks and dove. The ranch has never been commercially hunted and has not been hunted at all in the last several years. There is virtually no hunting pressure around the ranch either.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Another unique characteristic is the many Native American pictographs on the canyon walls. These pictures of hunters and wildlife testify to the abundance of game that has always flourished in the region. One specialist who has examined these pictographs believes they come from a wide spectrum of history, as recent as a couple hundred years ago to the 2000 BC era.

The ranch is also filled with old rock homesteads, built by the early settlers in the 1800s, and other post WWI dwellings from when the land was offered as homesteads by the government. One of the older rock dugouts has a May 31, 96 date inscribed in it, presumed to be "1896" by the age of the quarried rocks. Throughout the ranch you will also find tall stone piles on top of some of the mesas, which are believed to have been built by ancient sheep herders to serve as monuments so they didn't get lost, and old rock markers from when the land was surveyed a century ago. These structures and landmarks take you back to the old pioneer days, when the region was wild and untamed.

MINERAL RIGHTS:

The seller will transfer all of his owned mineral rights at closing, which varies by percentage across the ranch. Seller makes no representation as to the mineral percentage owned, but will allow a buyer to verify them in a due diligence period. No active oil production is currently on the ranch or in the immediate area.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

Wilson's Canyon Ranch is a unique holding, one with historical significance and inspiring scenery, like being in an Old West movie. There are no radio towers in site or high-voltage transmission lines running across the ranch. In addition, it is surrounded by tens of thousands of Comanche National Grassland acres, which helps insure the aesthetics and beauty of this ranch will be the same for many years to come.

ASKING PRICE:

$535 per deeded acre, or $13,243,925 total

CONTACT:

Call land agent Ben Belew at cell phone (940) 357-9940 for any questions or to schedule your private viewing of this beautiful ranch.

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ABOUT THE BLACK MESA AREA:

The Black Mesa is a 55 mile long "plateau", which extends upwards to 4,973 feet above sea level, as Oklahoma's highest point. It was formed some 30 million years ago from a basalt lava flow out of Colorado and is 600 feet thick and a 1.5 miles wide. In and around the Black Mesa area, over eighteen tons of Camptosaurus, Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Diplodocus, and Edmontosaurus bones have been quarried. In the rocks of Carrizo Creek, several dinosaur tracks can be clearly seen as well.

The Black Mesa State Park is just 15 minutes away from the ranch and contains the 159 acre Lake Carl G. Etling, which offers seasonal trout fishing and boating opportunities.