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Sky Ranch Historic District
January 29, 2016 1Comment

The Grand Teton National Park Historic Properties Management Plan Environmental Assessment is open for comments until February 17.  The plan evaluates present conditions and future uses for the 44 historic properties located within Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Among these properties is Sky Ranch, an architect-designed complex of beautifully crafted log buildings constructed as a vacation retreat in 1953. The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to demolish the National-Register eligible Sky Ranch – WE DISAGREE!

Andy Chambers Homestead
December 30, 2015 0Comments

The Andy Chambers property, which was occupied from about 1916 to 1980, is the most intact homestead remaining from the original settlement of Gros Ventre (pronounced “Grovont”), which at its height was home to almost 30 families. 

Fort Bridger
December 29, 2015 2Comments

Fort Bridger in southwestern Wyoming dates back to 1843 when Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez established an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail at the Black’s Fork of the Green River

Quebec-1 Missile Alert Facility
December 9, 2015 0Comments

Built in 1962 as a Minuteman 1 site, Quebec #1 was re-purposed for the Peacekeeper Missile in 1986 and was used until 2005.  Twenty-five miles north of Cheyenne, this facility will eventually be the only one of its kind left in the world.

Mankin Barn
August 13, 2015 0Comments

The Mankin Barn is located on the former Keeline/4J Ranch outside Gillette, Wyoming. The barn was built for the Keeline brothers in 1908, and has served as a horse barn ever since. 

Emerson Parks House
August 13, 2015 0Comments

The Emerson Parks house is a two-story log cabin located in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. The house is named for a distinguished former local resident, Emerson Parks (1887-1965), who was a geologist and cartographer.

Spear-O-Wigwam
August 12, 2015 0Comments

Willis Moses Spear established the Spear-O-Wigwam camp with his wife Virginia in 1923. Originally just a tent camp, the guest ranch grew to include 16 buildings.