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Flying Horseshoe Ranch

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Built
  
1883 (1883)

NRHP Reference #
  
00001226

Area
  
8 ha

Nearest city
  
Centennial

Architectural style
  
Log

Opened
  
1883

Added to NRHP
  
12 October 2000

Flying Horseshoe Ranch

Location
  
156 Dinwiddie Road, Centennial, Wyoming

Chippy at flying horseshoe ranch


The Flying Horseshoe Ranch was established in the Centennial Valley of southeastern Wyoming by Danish immigrant Mads Wolbol in the late 1870s. The complex of mostly log structures, about 15 of which are considered contributing structures.

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The main ranch house was built in 1890 and added to several times. It is a 1-1/2 story log structure, now covered by vinyl siding. The original homestead cabin was built in the late 1870s or early 1880s, and is used for storage. Other buildings in the complex include a root cellar, a chicken house, a hog barn, a blacksmith shop and a number of sheds, almost all of which are of log construction. The most significant utility building is a large log barn, built about 1890.

The property remains a working ranch with 2,400 acres (970 ha) of deeded land and rights to 1,600 acres (650 ha) of Forest Service grazing. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 12, 2000.

Me and my horse joe at flying horseshoe ranch loping


References

Flying Horseshoe Ranch Wikipedia