Miller Brothers 101 Ranch

Miller Brothers 101 Ranch was a working cattle and grain operation covering more than one hundred thousand acres in Kay County with several thousand head of livestock grazing across open prairie. The property included barns, stables, corrals, a packinghouse, and administrative buildings arranged in clusters across the terrain.

George Washington Miller bought land in what was then Indian Territory during the late nineteenth century and expanded the operation over the following decades. His three sons took over management in the early twentieth century and developed oil production alongside traditional ranching activities.

White Eagle post office served ranch workers and their families during daily operations from a central location near the main compound. Film crews often used the open range and livestock for motion pictures that helped shape how audiences around the world imagined the American West.

Highway markers stand along State Route one fifty-six northwest of Ponca City where travelers can pull over and read about the former property. The surrounding landscape remains open grassland similar to what ranch hands would have seen during working hours in earlier decades.

At its height in the early twentieth century the operation employed more than two thousand workers across its many divisions. The property closed during the Great Depression and much of the original land returned to private agriculture or oil development in subsequent years.