Roba Ranch, Historical ranch in Paulina, Oregon, United States.

Roba Ranch is a historic property that spreads across grasslands marked by rocky outcrops and hills covered with juniper and Ponderosa pine trees. The site contains a main house, barn, pump house, and outbuildings from the early 1900s.

The founder arrived from central Europe in 1882 and purchased the property in 1892 to establish a farming operation. Most buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1910 during a period of settlement in this remote area.

The buildings on the property show traditional construction methods using materials that local workers and craftspeople gathered from the surrounding land. You can see how builders joined stone and wood together to withstand the harsh climate.

The ranch is privately owned and lies near Paulina in Crook County, Oregon, at an elevation of about 3,830 feet. Paulina Creek and Roba Creek run south through the property, both shallow and under 30 feet wide. The historic buildings stand in the ranch's grassland core, surrounded by rim rocks and juniper- and pine-covered hills.

In 1899 one of George Roba's sheep camps was burned during the range war between cattlemen and sheepherders. Rather than risk his flock to gunmen, he sold the herd while livestock prices were high and used the profit to buy a store in Paulina.