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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: Bigscrb15 on April 20, 2005, 02:10:04 AM

Title: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: Bigscrb15 on April 20, 2005, 02:10:04 AM
This is an interesting interview I heard and this is the transcript. I am wondering how many of these events the author wrote about are true. I grew up here in Polk County so I can believe this is true, lol.

Click on "REDNECK RIVIERA" to read it or the MP3 to hear it.
http://www.loe.org/ETS/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem&orgid=33&typeID=18&itemID=219&User_Session=78a59bba0735e302b5eea082a30c3d0f#feature1
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: Thrumud on April 20, 2005, 03:06:40 AM
So, did he find his parcels ???
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: Bigscrb15 on April 20, 2005, 11:27:18 AM
Yes, and thats when his tent was shot-up and a dead armadillo thrown in the tent while he was gone. I think this guy would have made a good script writer for movies.
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: raca65 on April 20, 2005, 11:29:01 AM
The Guy Wrote a Book about it years ago its old news
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: Bigscrb15 on April 20, 2005, 11:30:17 AM
I know he wrote a book, thats what the interview is about. I am just wondering if the events he is talking about are true. Im not claiming its breaking news.
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: J.D. on April 20, 2005, 02:30:41 PM
Dont he kind of sound like he wanted a little trouble ? Dont set up camp in the middle of a hunting area .
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: Eworm on April 20, 2005, 08:35:58 PM
QuoteDont he kind of sound like he wanted a little trouble ? Dont set up camp in the middle of a hunting area .

Yeah but it was his land JD. I probably would have done the same. There is no excuse for shooting up someones tent even if they knew he was not there, which was probably the case. Pretty good story nonetheless.
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: Anoriginal on April 21, 2005, 09:59:18 AM
I remember when this all happened. His story is absolutely true. Everything he claims in his book actually happened just as he describes it.
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: J.D. on April 21, 2005, 10:55:27 AM
If he put his tent in the middle of a local mud hole would you splash him as you continued to use it ?
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: TRX350_On_The_Rack on April 21, 2005, 11:23:26 AM
Interesting interview though at times the guy seems like a nutcase. Perfect personality for a writer.

Isn't the reason they didn't develope in River Ranch because of it being in a flood zone?
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: Eworm on April 21, 2005, 11:49:54 AM
QuoteIf he put his tent in the middle of a local mud hole would you splash him as you continued to use it ?

Not if it's his property
Title: Re: Interesting River Ranch Interview, Is it True?
Post by: Anoriginal on April 21, 2005, 02:38:30 PM
What what I know, the reason it was never developed was because the "developers" basically chose not to. They paid something like $150.00 per acre for the land and sold it around $1000.00 per acre. Once they determined there was more $$ to be made in selling the land off without developing it, they abandoned any additional improvement and merely sold parcels.

As far as the property lying in a floodplain, I don't know. I'n not real sure it would have been designated in such a manner back when it was being "developed". Who knows. Either way, interesting stuff. He's not the only guy who tried to access and develop his property only to face similar opposition.
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