Brown Canyon Ranch, Historic adobe ranch house in Huachuca Mountains foothills, Arizona.

Brown Canyon Ranch centers on an L-shaped adobe ranch house with a tin hipped roof, built between 1905 and 1907, holding a living room, a central kitchen and a bedroom. A one-room adobe storeroom stands beside the bedroom, with a wooden corral and outhouse, the stone ruins of a barn, and two man-made ponds nearby in the Huachuca Mountains foothills.

The structure was built in 1907 by James and Tom Haverty and passed through several owners before the US Forest Service took over in 1998. This transfer to a federal agency ensured the site would be protected and preserved.

The ranch takes its name from John Thomas Brown, who settled the land around 1880 while running a hotel in neighbouring Ramsey Canyon. Later, the Carmichael family rented the house to a local miner, Harvey James, and then to a Yaqui Indian named Chico Romero and his family, who lived in the adobe rooms.

The site is open during daylight hours for visitors to walk around the house and explore nearby trails at no cost. Bring water and sun protection since the area is completely open with little shade.

The property includes man-made ponds that now function as a refuge for the endangered Chiricahua leopard frog. This rare species lives in very few water sources across the region and finds suitable breeding habitat here.