6666 Ranch: Hollywood Buys The Legend

Post 4 of 4 | The Alliance Gazette | Reviewed June 12, 2026

After 150 years in one family, the Four Sixes Ranch went to market for the first time in its history. The Alliance Gazette post frames the sale as a turning point: the family chose to let the ranch go rather than pass the working ranch down the line.

Anne Marion died in February 2020. According to the Gazette post, her will ordered the ranch sold, with proceeds going to her charitable foundation. In December 2020, the 6666 was listed for $347.7 million across three West Texas divisions totaling about 266,255 acres.

The buyer was a group fronted by Taylor Sheridan, the Texas-raised creator of Yellowstone, which had already filmed on the ranch. The deal went under contract in 2021 and officially closed on January 21, 2022.

The Gazette post notes two points for readers to treat carefully. First, the $347.7 million figure was the listing price, while the final sale price was not made public. Second, reporting has pointed to deep-pocketed backers behind Sheridan, often naming Paramount and investor Ron Burkle, but that backing was described as reported rather than officially proven.

The new owners promised to keep employees and continue the cattle and horse operations as Marion’s will required. Sheridan has since used the ranch on screen and announced a spin-off series called 6666.

The Gazette concludes that the brand that came home on 100 borrowed cows, and was not won in a poker game, became a Texas legend, a horse dynasty, and finally a piece of Hollywood history.

Source note: Based on The Alliance Gazette Facebook post “Post 4 of 4 | Hollywood Buys The Legend.” The post listed these sources: The Texas Spur, Fort Worth Report, Fort Worth Business Press, CultureMap, AOL / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, and Texas State Historical Association.