Hortenstine Ranch Company has brought a 1,303-acre property to market, presenting long-term land management and family use as central features of its commercial appeal.
Hortenstine Ranch Company has listed Rolling R Ranch, a 1,303-acre property in Cooke County, Texas, assembled and maintained over nearly three decades by Tony Roosevelt and his family. The ranch is being offered as a recreational and working property in the Clear Creek Valley, approximately 75 minutes from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The announcement places the listing within a narrow but significant part of the ranch market: properties whose value is presented through both productive use and continuity of ownership.
The property comprises approximately 1,303 contiguous acres shaped by elevation changes, hardwood forests, native grasslands, mature pecan groves and Clear Creek frontage. The release says the landscape has been managed to preserve panoramic views and natural character, while the listing describes more than 2.5 miles of Clear Creek and land supporting cattle operations. Its setting also carries a historical dimension, with the ranch located near the Chisholm Trail and Butterfield Overland Mail Route.
The listing page places the asking price at $21.5 million, or approximately $16,496 per acre, and identifies the property as a new listing in Era, Texas. It describes recreational uses including hunting, fishing, horseback riding and outdoor activities, alongside improvements intended to support family and ranch life. The release identifies three primary improvements—the Top House, Lodge and Barn—and says more than seven miles of trails connect wooded ridges, creek corridors and open pasture.
The announcement’s emphasis is less on a single amenity than on the accumulated decisions behind the property. According to the release, Roosevelt delayed construction of the hilltop lodge until neighbouring land could be secured to protect its views, while habitat measures included owl boxes, bluebird houses and protected sanctuary areas near the homes. The family also worked with local ranching partners and conservation organisations, the release says, to maintain native grasslands, grazing operations and wildlife habitat.
For Hortenstine Ranch Company, the listing demonstrates how a ranch can be positioned simultaneously as real estate, a working landscape and a long-term family setting. The brokerage, which specialises in ranch and recreational properties, is representing the sale exclusively, according to the release. With the property’s price, acreage and operational features disclosed, Rolling R Ranch enters the market as a defined offering whose appeal rests on the combination of scale, access to water, recreation and documented stewardship.
