Southfork Ranch

Discover North Texas: 4 Reasons to Head to Collin County This Weekend (Hint: Crayola!)

By Shelby Skrhak / March 23, 2018 /

A thousand years ago, I was the founding editor of a weekly newspaper called Plano Insider, which covered features, society events, youth sports and an “around town” calendar of events. Of course, the best part was the “What We’re Drinking” column I wrote weekly, in which I visited Plano bars and restaurants sampling their signature or…

Read More

Larry Hagman Day is Monday, But Some Realtors Will Honor Dallas Star By Showing Homes In Cowboy Garb on Sunday

By Joanna England / March 9, 2013 /

Is there a better way to honor the original bad boy of Dallas than to don a Stetson and some Lucchese boots while showing some of the city’s best properties tomorrow? I couldn’t think of one, either. The idea came from Scott Carlson, who sent us this note: March 11 is officially declared as “Larry…

Read More

Ebby Halliday, Grande Dame of Dallas Real Estate, Has a Really, Really Big Birthday Coming Up!

By Candy Evans / March 6, 2013 /

Happy Birthday, Ebby! Almost 500 members of the Ebby Halliday Companies gathered at Southfork Ranch on Tuesday, March 5, bright and early in the morning to celebrate Ebby’s 102nd birthday. The festive event included a pancake breakfast with all the fun fixins. Ms. Ebby had a wonderful time posing for photos with hundreds of friends…

Read More

Talk About Misleading Headlines: “Larry Hagman Death Sparks Interest in Southfork Ranch”

By Candy Evans / November 26, 2012 /

Examiner.com had this interesting headline. Here’s what they reported:

Tourists flocked to Southfork Ranch inDallas, Texas on Saturday Nov. 24 after news broke that Larry Hagman, the actor that played the famous television character J.R. Ewing on the iconic 1980s hit show “Dallas”, died the day before.

His popularity on the 1980s hit television series “Dallas” made the Texas town world-famous, but where was the recently deceased actor really from? More importantly, where was he living in the months and weeks before his death? Not in Hollywood, surprisingly enough. He died in the oil town that he seemed to love best — but not at Southfork.

Read More