There is a lot of old machinery sitting around. Here is a horse-drawn mowing machine:
Horse-drawn disc:
This ranch is now part of the Gallatin National Forest. It is easily accessible and the cabins, main lodge and buildings are all open to those who hike in.
Inside one of the guest cabins:
The 1921 Main Lodge:
In 2004, the site was listed on the National Register of Historical Places, and the building are currently undergoing renovations with labor provided by volunteer groups including Passport in Time, Elderhostel, and Amizade. I'm not sure, but I would guess someone from one of these groups found various items in the yard during a clean-up and made this unique lawn ornament:
As we walked around the main lodge, we noticed the door was unlocked at the left end of the house. We walked into the long hall way:
The hall is lined on both sides with old guest rooms. Some are empty and some hold pieces from the past. This one is full of old horse tack on old metal bed frames:
In the middle of the hallway, it opens into the main lodge room with this high ceiling:
On the walls in the main and dining room were old photographs of the dude ranch in it's prime:
I'm not sure what this is but maybe a form of room service???
The hallway continued on the other side of the main lodge room with guest rooms lining both sides:
At the end of the hallway, there is a game room and a side porch. The iron work is intricate and unusual. The spring house is just past the porch:
The view of the cabins from the main lodge:
The side porch:
There is also a property just before the main ranch that we think may have been the corral and caretakers property. There was this old barn:
The moon came out great!
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