Thornton also donated 180 acres to the Jackson Hole Land Trust and is keeping 60 prime acres for himself.

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In contrast, the Big Hole River talked with the land as it wound its way through the valley, collecting creeks as it went, quietly taking the path of least resistance.

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Now, at 43, he and his wife, Julie , have bought two ranches in southwest Montana-the 1, 800-acre Beaverhead Ranch, with 5 miles of the Beaverhead River running through it, and the 2, 000-acre Big Hole Ranch, which rises 1, 500 feet from the Big Hole River up to grazing land for a herd of 400 elk that borders a national forest.

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In his rustic home tucked between orange and avocado groves, Cunningham wearily recalls wrangling with Roski over an odd 1, 200-acre piece of unincorporated land known as the "donut hole" because it is surrounded on all sides by Redlands.

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But the laugh on the last was left to the Molinari brothers who held their nerve to secure a half point from the jaws of defeat as Francesco cleared the water feature protecting the green to land the ball within inches of the hole.

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