Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, National historic site and working ranch in Deer Lodge, Montana, US
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site is a preserved cattle ranch in the Deer Lodge Valley in Montana, protected as a National Historic Landmark. The property includes dozens of original buildings such as the main house, bunkhouses, barns, and corrals, spread across a working ranch that has changed little in its overall layout.
Johnny Grant built the first structures here around 1862 as a trading post and cattle operation. Conrad Kohrs later took over, expanding it into one of the largest cattle trading businesses in the American West before a collapse in beef markets toward the end of the 1800s forced a sharp reduction in scale.
The ranch house interior is furnished in a style common among prosperous families of the late 1800s, with personal objects still in place. Stepping outside, the barns and working pens tell a very different story about the daily life of ranch hands.
Visitors explore the ranch on foot, moving between the main house, outbuildings, and open working areas along marked paths. A large part of the visit takes place outdoors on uneven ground, so sturdy shoes and layers are a good idea regardless of the season.
The ranch's cattle operation continues under the National Park Service, which has run it as a working ranch since 1972. In season, visitors can watch calving and an annual branding of some young animals, and living-history programs show haying with historic tools and the ranch blacksmith at work.
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