Southfork Ranch

The Southfork Ranch is a scale for the purpose of stationary grazing cattle farm near the Texas town Parker. Was built the ranch from the Farmer Joe R. Duncan and was formerly known as Duncan Acres. Worldwide known she was. During the 1980s in connection with the shooting of the American television series Dallas, the ranch served as the headquarters of the portrayed family Ewing

As the production company Lorimar in 1978 decided to continue the series after the success of the first season of Dallas to the owner refused the Cloyce Box Ranch, on which the first five episodes were filmed, the further use. Looking for a replacement location, the choice fell on Duncan's property, as the white-washed mansion was similar to the original location. The Southfork Ranch served Lorimar to 1989 for all outdoor shooting. Then, the entire production was relocated to the Lorimar Studios in California. Only for the two television films J. R. returns and fight to the finish, filmed five or seven years after the setting of the series, the production returned once to the ranch.

The original owner Duncan lived at the beginning of the shooting with his family on the ranch. However, the global success of the series had the house become a popular tourist attraction. Because of the resulting restriction of his privacy Duncan finally pulled away and taught at the ranch in 1985 a museum for the TV series a. In June 1992, the businessman Rex Maughan acquired the site and operates since then as an event and conference center.