OTO Homestead and Dude Ranch, Historic dude ranch in Park County, Montana.

The OTO Homestead and Dude Ranch lies along Cedar Creek in the Absaroka Range, where Dick and Dora Randall's original dirt-floor cabin with a sod roof still stands. Around it grew a 1921 lodge, guest cabins, barns, a post office and outbuildings, built in log and rubblestone. The 3,265-acre property passed to the U.S. Forest Service in 1991 and was listed on the National Register in 2004.

James Norris (Dick) Randall and his wife Dora bought squatters' rights to a dirt-floor cabin with a sod roof on Cedar Creek in the Absaroka Range, and by 1912 were hosting paying guests at what became Montana's first dude ranch. A lodge went up in 1921, followed by cabins, barns and a post office. The Randalls sold to former guest Chan Libby in 1934, and dude ranching ended in 1939.

The name OTO represents the owners and their Eastern guests who experienced ranch work, horseback riding, and mountain adventures here. The buildings and their layout show how this place introduced visitors to Western life during its operating years.

The site is maintained by the United States Forest Service and accessible via Cedar Creek Road, approximately ten miles northwest of Gardiner. Visiting requires sturdy footwear and navigation skills since the location is mountainous and remote.

The OTO's guest register included Theodore Roosevelt and Marcellus Hartley Dodge Jr., but the ranch's name is a simpler clue: it echoes the cattle brand Dick Randall used, letters chosen because they were easy to read when branded on livestock.