Ranches

Today on SecondShelters.com: Need a Getaway? Say 'Oui!' to This Beauty in Paris, Texas

By Joanna England / February 21, 2014 /

Paris is an excellent Texas town for your ranch getaway, as it’s a short drive from Dallas/Fort Worth, has some great shopping, and the scenery is just splendid. And you can tell everyone you have a second home in Paris! Oui oui! Well monsieurs and madames, this lovely ranch with a total of seven —…

Today on SecondShelters.com: Need a Getaway? Say ‘Oui!’ to This Beauty in Paris, Texas

By Joanna England / February 21, 2014 /

Paris is an excellent Texas town for your ranch getaway, as it’s a short drive from Dallas/Fort Worth, has some great shopping, and the scenery is just splendid. And you can tell everyone you have a second home in Paris! Oui oui! Well monsieurs and madames, this lovely ranch with a total of seven —…

Ranch of the Week: Le Belle Maison in Paris, TX

By Kathryn Roan / February 21, 2014 /

Because really, who doesn’t love Paris? If trans-atlantic travel just will not fit into your busy schedule, the gorgeous ranch at 632 County Road 43400 in Paris, Texas, just may be the perfect locale to get you and the family out of the hectic city. This property is so much more than a vacation home,…

Ranch of the Week: Fall in Love in Poetry, Texas

By Kathryn Roan / February 14, 2014 /

I’m not the only one who is in love with my later-in-life hometown of Poetry, Texas. Author Janice Thompson even wrote a novel starring the 1800s version of this darling little town. Located just over 10 miles east of Rockwall, Poetry is a charming country community with sandy loam soil, populated almost entirely by horse owners,…

If State Seizes YFZ Ranch, Who Will Buy The Former FLDS Compound Run by Convicted Leader, Warren Jeffs?

By Joanna England / February 7, 2014 /

You’ll recall the hullabaloo caused by the raid on Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado, which precipitated the arrest and conviction of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs on charges of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. Women in long prairie-style pastel dresses with whole hoards of children and babies were loaded on buses by child welfare…