$50M price tag for historic Sandhills ranch said to be record-buster — though not all are happy • Nebraska Examiner

$50M price tag for historic Sandhills ranch said to be record-buster — though not all are happy • Nebraska Examiner

An aerial view of the Abbott Ranch, also known as the Metzger Ranch. (Courtesy of Hall and Hall)LINCOLN — One of the most historic and largest multigenerational ranches in the Nebraska Sandhills — owned by only two families since the Cherry County land was settled in the late 1800s — is poised to find new owners. The ranch owned first by the Metzger family and then the Abbotts sits on the vast and famed Ogallala Aquifer, which creates lakes and …