If you know me at all, you know that I just can’t go “well that was cool” and move on... research Vicki kicked in.
Nicknamed Cluckingham - the house that chickens built is 18,327-square-foot mansion on 45 acres was custom-built in 1992 for the late “Bo” Pilgrim, the founder of Pilgrim’s Pride poultry products. Unable to sell the mansion in the middle of nowhere, son, Ken Pilgrim, brought home to auction without reserve in late 2019. Valued at 8.75 million the house sold for a little over 3 million! I had a little fantasy moment about what you could do with this for three million - high end spa, hotel, event center, then a screeching halt when Mark reminded me that this mansion is 130 miles from Dallas and 100 miles from Shreveport. Who would want Pittsburg, Texas as a destination ...anything? But check out this place!
The foyer is decorated with gilded details that also run throughout the living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms and indoor pool area. Beside the indoor pool is a bar, a seating area and a hot tub. The house also features a spa, a wet and dry sauna, a fitness center, a home theater, and a glass elevator that overlooks the grounds.
Pretty spectacular and someone bought is for 3 million! Wow.
Then we started to see hundreds of abandoned oil wells near Kilgore, Tx. You know home of the Kilgore Rangerettes. Ok another thing that drew me in. After living in Texas for over 30 years, how did I not know that east Texas had the second largest oil field outside of Alaska? Discovered in 1930 over 5 and a half billion barrels have been produced. A few still are producing but most just are rust buckets left to decay and litter the landscape.
