Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch
Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch | |
Location | Jct. of Coffeen Park & Spear-O-Wigwam Rds., Story Johnson County, Wyoming |
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Coordinates | 44°33′04″N 107°12′38″W / 44.5510433°N 107.2104961°WCoordinates: 44°33′04″N 107°12′38″W / 44.5510433°N 107.2104961°W |
Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
Architectural style | Vernacular dude ranch |
NRHP reference No. | 16000053[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 23, 2016 |
The Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch is a former dude ranch, now a campus of Sheridan College, Wyoming, the Spear-O-Wigwam Mountain Campus. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. It is located at the southeast end of , about two miles north of Cloud Peak Wilderness Area at altitude of 8,300 feet (2,500 m).[2]
It closed as a dude ranch in 2011.[2]
One of its log guest cabins is known as the "Hemingway Cabin", where Ernest Hemingway stayed in 1928 with his wife Pauline while writing A Farewell to Arms. The cabin is approximately 42 by 18 feet (12.8 m × 5.5 m).[2]
See also[]
- 4 Lazy F Dude Ranch, also NRHP-listed in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
References[]
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch".
- ^ a b c Mary Humstone (April 15, 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch / Spear-0-Wigwam Mountain Campus" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2017. With 14 photos from 2015.
Categories:
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
- Johnson County, Wyoming
- Dude ranches in Wyoming
- Sheridan College
- Wyoming Registered Historic Place stubs