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Prairie Chapel Ranch

Prairie Chapel Ranch is an Estate outside Crawford, Texas. It was founded in the mid-19th Century by German immigrant Heinrich Englebrecht who donated some of his land to found the Canaan Baptist Church (the "Prairie Chapel").

The Estate was purchased from the Englebrecht family in 1999 by Texas Governor George W. Bush. Governor Bush became President of the United States in 2001 and continues to uses the Ranch for vacations, cabinet meetings, and entertaining foriegn dignitaries such as British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Russian President Vladimir Putin.



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