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Texas Ranch Corporate getaway. Live like the President. When the Bushes came across a 1,550-acre tract 20 miles west of Waco just outside the town of Crawford (population 701), they took a second look. For more than a century much of the land along this stretch of Prairie Chapel Road had been owned by members of a pioneering German family, the Engelbrechts. This particular parcel belonged to Bennie and Earlene Engelbrecht. The couple was getting well on in years and had listed the property for sale for almost four years. It took less than four months for the Bushes to close the deal, for an estimated $1.3 million. more... For sale: 41 Acres (40 city blocks big) land - ranch / homesite in the Finlay Mountains in Hudspeth County TX located 50 miles southeast of El Paso, 11 miles north of Rio Grande. This huge land is fully buildable. If you like horses, this is the place to build. Travel is easy. Fly to El Paso international airport and head down Interstate 10. The views from this land will amaze you. There are mountains all around. Just look at the 5 pictures on left. And if you wonder how big is 40 acres, to fence it around would require a mile of fence. 40 acres in a city holds over 400 multifamily homes with streets between them. Many celebrities don't own land this big. Imagine the feel of freedom, fresh air and beautifull clear sky. You'll see the most colorfull sunsets and starlit nights with millions and millions of stars. Words can not describe it. You have to see it. Interstate 10 runs from Los Angeles, CA to Jacksonville, FL. History Information FINLAY, TEXAS. Finlay was on the Southern Pacific Railroad seventeen miles northwest of Sierra Blanca in southwestern Hudspeth County. It was named for pioneer settler J. R. Finlay, who also gave his name to the mountain range northwest of the town. A local post office was established in 1890 but never officially opened. A second one was established in 1903, with Arthur S. Dowler as postmaster. In 1914 Finlay was described as "a rural post office on the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway," and grocer George W. Norsworthy had a store there. In the mid-1930s the estimated population of Finlay was twenty-five; by the late 1930s it had grown to seventy-five. The last available population estimates for Finlay date from the mid-1940s, when the town had about 100 inhabitants. By the early 1970s Finlay was only a stop on the railroad. SIERRA BLANCA, TEXAS. Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County, is at the intersection of Ranch Road 1111, Interstate Highway 10, and U.S. Highway 80, eighty miles southeast of El Paso in the south central part of the county. It is also at the junction of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads. The town owes its existence to the competition that surrounded the construction of the nation's second transcontinental rail link. Collis P. Huntington's Southern Pacific line began building eastward from the Pacific in 1869, while Jay Gould's Texas and Pacific Railway began building westward from Central Texas in 1872. By November 25, 1881, the two crews had built to within ten miles of each other, and neither had any intention of yielding to the other. On the next day Huntington and Gould agreed to a compromise, and on December 15 Gould drove a silver spike to join the two roads seven miles southeast of Sierra Blanca Mountain. Transcontinental service began the next day. The town of Sierra Blanca, the site of the historic meeting, quickly grew into the most important commercial center in the area, providing stockyards and a railhead for local ranchers and serving as a shipping center for salt and other minerals. A post office opened in 1882 with James McFee as postmaster, but closed later that same year. In 1884 the population of the community was 126, and the next year the post office reopened. By 1892 the town had 200 inhabitants, two hotels, and a general store. Its population grew to 350 by 1914, when it also had a hotel, a news company, two general stores, and two cattle breeders. By the mid-1920s the town had 600 residents. During the late 1920s the population rose to an estimated 800, but it had dropped to 500 by theearly 1930s, when thirty-two businesses were reported in Sierra Blanca. By the mid-1930s the population was estimated at 723, and by the late 1940s, at 850. It remained at 850 until the late 1960s, when it briefly rose to 900. It dropped again in the early 1970s to 600; by the mid-1970s the population was estimated at 700, and it was still reported at that level in 1990. During the late 1980s Sierra Blanca had two churches and a school. A distinctive feature of Sierra Blanca is the fact that half the town goes by Mountain Time, under which the rest of Hudspeth County and El Paso County were placed by congressional legislation in 1921, while the other half goes by Central Time, as does the rest of Texas. In the mid-1950s the railroads and post office went by Central Time, but the county courthouse and schools used Mountain Time (as did the town's bars, so as to stay open later at night). Parcel Size: 41.1 Acres Yearly Property Taxes: Less Than $100 Per Year Legal: Located in Block 19, Section 22 Location: Hudspeth County, Texas Electricity: Solar, Wind or Generator Phone: Cellular Waste: Septic Water: Well or Storage Association Fees: None Access: Unpaved road and 20 foot easement around parcel. Time-Limit To Build: None Zoning: Residential Time To Build Requirements: None Liens & Judgments: None Deed Type: Warranty Deed Price: $32,800 Why so cheap? The land is reasonably priced at fair market value for a quick sale. Real estate is great investment opportunity. Land prices go up by up to 20% per year. Try to get that kind of interest on your saving account. Investment tips: Need to get even better return on investment? Rent it, Lease it, Build a Timeshare, Rafting club or an RV park. If you're a management type and can spare some time, you can make a nice income. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: 50 miles from El Paso (major airport) 8 miles to Interstate 10 11 miles from the Rio Grande 45 miles to New Mexico 53 miles to Ft. Bliss military base 61 miles to Guadalupe Mountains National Park 74 miles to Lincoln National Forest 74 miles to Carlsbad Caverns There is something to do here for everyone. INDIAN HOT SPRINGS. The Indian Hot Springs, a cluster of seven geothermal springs with high mineral constituents, are on the Rio Grande twenty-five miles south of Sierra Blanca in southern Hudspeth County (at 30°50' N, 105°19' W). They are at the southern edge of the Quitman Mountains. The mineral constituents present are thought to be a product of interaction with subsurface strata. Temperatures of the springs measured in 1976 with a maximum recording thermometer, found Stump Spring to be the hottest (also the highest temperature of the thermal springs in Texas), with a temperature of 47° C (117° F). Soda Spring was found to have the coolest waters in this cluster, with a temperature of 27° C (81° F). DIABLO RESERVOIR - stone throw away RIO GRANDE - white water rafting BIG BEND - National Park BIG BEND - National Park CARLSBAD - Caverns CARLSBAD - Caverns (built by the nature) GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS Willie Nelson's Texas Ranch www.helltek.com/ranch info@helltek.com View other items for sale