Listing of the Day

Location: McArthur, California

Price: $16.595 million 

This 3,068-acre ranch once owned by singer-songwriter David Gates, co-lead singer of the pop-music group Bread, is located in northern California’s Fall River Valley. 

Known as the Carroll Ranch, the sprawling property includes three homes, an in-place cattle operation, fertile farmland, irrigated pastures, a 5-acre lake and good hunting and recreational opportunities. It’s currently owned by Jim Carroll and his wife, Sharon, since 1999, said listing agent Denny Prins, of California Outdoor Properties. 

They bought it from Gates—best known for Bread’s 1970 hit “Make it With You”—who purchased the ranch in 1974 and used it as a summer retreat, according to published reports.

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The Fall River Valley is a “hidden gem in the northeast corner of California, known for the rivers that flow through it and for fly-fishing.” Prins said. “The ranch is set back on the north side of the valley, away from everything else.”

“We’re four hours north of the San Francisco Bay Area,” he said. “It’s a whole different part of California than most people know. It’s a farming community, and there is a logging industry there.”

“The Fall River itself is 100% spring fed,” he said. “It’s a beautiful river that winds through the farmland. It’s top-quality farmland.”

The ranch also has a 5-acre spring-fed lake with two docks and an island in the middle.

The Carrolls, who custom built the wood and stone main house in 2000, use the ranch for farming and cattle, Prins said. They currently have about 500 cattle on the ranch and 630 acres of hay production.

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The four-bedroom main house is on top of a hill and it overlooks the ranch, he said. “You have beautiful views of both Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen from the house.”

The open-plan great room has seating and dining areas, a large stone fireplace, oversized windows and reclaimed wood used for the wide-plank hardwood floors and the beamed ceilings, according to the listing. The main level also holds the primary bedroom suite and the kitchen, which features a baking center, a butcher block island, three sinks, two dishwashers, a six-burner gas range, dual ovens and a butler’s pantry. 

The three additional en-suite bedrooms are “strategically built along the contour of the hillside,” according to the listing. The lower level holds a wine cellar, an exercise room, a storage room and a garden potting room. 

Other homes on the ranch include a two-story farmhouse that is more than 100 years old. It has a country kitchen, living and dining rooms, a detached two-car garage with storage and enclosed front, side and back porches, according to the listing. 

The three-bedroom manager’s house has living and family rooms, a country kitchen with granite counters and a butcher block island and a primary bedroom suite with a jetted tub, a separate shower and dual sinks.

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The 7,700-square-foot main house has four bedrooms, five full bathrooms and one partial bathroom. 

There’s also a 2,700-square-foot farmhouse with six bedrooms and two bathrooms. The 2,000-square-foot manager’s house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. 

Amenities 



Amenities include a heated pool and spa, a waterfall, a fire pit, two- and three-car garages, a wine cellar, a exercise room, multiple fireplaces, stone patios, guest quarters above one of the garages, multiple hay, feed and equipment barns and a 5-acre spring-fed lake with two docks and an island in the middle.

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Neighborhood Notes 



“There are several good restaurants right in McArthur” and more in the town of Burney, which is about 20 minutes from the ranch, Prins said. The Fall River Valley Golf and Country Club is 7 or 8 miles from the ranch.

The ranch is about 70 miles from the city of Redding, California, and three hours north of Reno, Nevada, he said.

Agents: Denny Prins and Donna Utterback, California Outdoor Properties

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