A Guest Ranch No More...
Nov 9, 2020 09:23:27 #
I'm assuming this was a Guest Ranch where lodging was provided. It is on a dirt road near the entrance to the Elk Flats Ranch, Grand Teton N.P. Wyoming. According to a tour van driver I talked with it, has been in this decaying state for some time. He believes the National Park Service acquired the property several years ago and may have plans to utilize the property however money is always in short supply for the NPS. There are ~75 cabins, ranches etc. within the Park boundaries that are still privately owned that may ultimately be acquired by the NPS.
I tried to find more info on the web to no avail.
I tried to find more info on the web to no avail.
1. Looking down the lane to the complex...Grandma's house
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2. Closer look...neatly tucked into the trees
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3. Come on in and have a cookie
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4. One of the cabins
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5. Wider view...garage in the middle
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6. Another cabin...the Boris Karloff suite
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7. Porch post knocked down??!!
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8. View from #7 above
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Nov 9, 2020 09:28:13 #
Interesting.
(Someone in the area probably knows the history though.)
(Someone in the area probably knows the history though.)
Nov 9, 2020 11:38:32 #
jederick wrote:
I'm assuming this was a Guest Ranch where lodging ... (show quote)
a nice set and very interesting too, jederick! i hope you got a cookie!
Nov 9, 2020 16:27:16 #
Nov 9, 2020 20:39:21 #
Longshadow wrote:
Interesting.
(Someone in the area probably knows the history though.)
(Someone in the area probably knows the history though.)
The Jackson Historical society website has mention of the ranch but nothing on this complex. Yes, if only I could find that person!!
Nov 9, 2020 20:40:44 #
merrytexan wrote:
a nice set and very interesting too, jederick! i hope you got a cookie!
Darn, mt, she wasn't home when I arrived and I wasn't gonna wait til darkness set in, not at that spooky place!!
Nov 9, 2020 20:41:29 #
Sylvias wrote:
Very interesting set and narrative Jederick.
Thank you, Sylvias...wish there was more to the story to quell our curiosity!!
Nov 10, 2020 07:37:10 #
A very nice set and history, jederick. But it's a real shame that this place was allowed to deteriorate.
Nov 10, 2020 07:43:31 #
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Nov 10, 2020 07:52:37 #
Boomer Jim
Loc: Newcastle Okla
Cotondog wrote:
A very nice set and history, jederick. But it's a real shame that this place was allowed to deteriorate.
My thoughts exactly.
Nov 10, 2020 07:59:27 #
Nov 10, 2020 08:46:36 #
Nov 10, 2020 09:26:20 #
Cotondog wrote:
A very nice set and history, jederick. But it's a real shame that this place was allowed to deteriorate.
Thank you and yes it is. There is a practice in the National Forest that may be adopted here of letting old structures deteriorate or razed and let the site return to its natural state...guessing.
Nov 10, 2020 09:27:16 #
yssirk123 wrote:
Very nice set Jim - love these old cabins!
Many thanks, Bill...don't know why these couldn't have been saved for some use!!
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