The Express UU Bar Ranch, formerly owned by the

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oil magnate

Waite Phillips Waite Phillips (January 19, 1883 – January 27, 1964) was an American petroleum businessman who created a fully integrated operation that combined petroleum producing, refining and marketing. With headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he also develo ...

and now owned by Express Ranches (headquartered in

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), is south of

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, USA, and southeast of

Philmont Scout Ranch Philmont Scout Ranch is a ranch located in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States, near the village of Cimarron. Donated by oil baron Waite Phillips, the ranch is owned by Scouting America. It is a high adventure base where crews of Scouts ...

. The two ranches are separated by Highway 21. Express Ranches is controlled by Robert A. "Bob" Funk, who is

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and founder of Express Employment Professionals. The original UU Bar Ranch land was purchased by Phillips in the 1920s and totaled over 300,000 acres. When Phillips donated his UU Bar Ranch land west of what is now Highway 21 to the

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in 1941 (approximately 127,000 acres) and retained the grazing land to the east. Without the use of the

Villa Philmonte The Villa Philmonte is a large ranch home located outside of Cimarron, New Mexico, on Philmont Scout Ranch, owned by the Boy Scouts of America. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as part of Villa Philmonte Histori ...

, Phillips briefly moved the UU Bar Ranch headquarters to the historic Casa del Gavilan near the base of

Urraca Mesa Urraca Mesa is a large mesa located in Colfax County, New Mexico, Colfax County in northern New Mexico, U.S., on the property of Philmont Scout Ranch. It reaches an elevation of . Legends Urraca Mesa is considered haunted. Legend has it that th ...

, selling the ranch in 1943 to a family with the last name of McDaniel. The Express UU Bar Ranch has

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and

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(

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and

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) operations and comprises approximately 160,000 acres. The ranch also owns the historic St. James Hotel in nearby Cimarron, which it purchased in January 2009.

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