Flat Creek Ranch
Flat Creek Ranch | |
43°31′40″N 110°32′33″W / 43.52778°N 110.54250°W / 43.52778; -110.54250 | |
Built | 1923 |
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Architect | Charles Fox |
NRHP reference No. | 01001428 |
Added to NRHP | December 31, 2001[1] |
Flat Creek Ranch, formerly a working ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is a guest ranch. The original ranch was established by Cal Carrington between 1901 and 1918 at the base of Sheep Mountain, also known as the "Sleeping Indian". In 1923 a new owner, socialite and journalist Cissy Patterson, built the present structures. The transition from working ranch to vacation retreat foreshadowed a movement of the Jackson Hole economy away from traditional ranching to tourism, which is documented by the Flat Creek Ranch.[2]
Carrington had worked at the Bar B C Dude Ranch from 1912 on, and established Flat Creek as a dude ranch. Cissy Patterson appeared in Jackson Hole 1916 as "Countess Gizycka", on the rebound from a failed marriage to a Polish count. Carrington and Patterson toured Europe together in 1922. Through Patterson's influence with US Senator Francis E. Warren, Carrington obtained a homestead patent on the ranch and then sold it to Patterson for $5000. In 1923 she built seven cabins, a barn and a lodge on the property.[3]
Currently, the property is owned by journalists Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel. Albright, the former husband of the late Madeleine Albright, is the son of Cissy Patterson's niece Josephine Patterson Albright (daughter of Joseph Medill Patterson), who inherited the property at Patterson's death in 1948.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Flat Creek Ranch". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. October 17, 2008. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ^ "History". Flat Creek Ranch Resort. Flat Creek Ranch Resort. October 18, 2008.
- ^ Blackman, Ann: Seasons of Her Life: A Biography of Madeleine Korbel Albright, p. 187. Simon & Schuster, 2000.
External links
- Official website
- Flat Creek Ranch Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
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Landmarks
- Jackson Lake Lodge
- Murie Ranch Historic District
- Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums
- Old Faithful Inn
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- 4 Lazy F Dude Ranch
- AMK Ranch
- Bar B C Dude Ranch
- Andy Chambers Ranch Historic District
- Cunningham Cabin
- Darwin Ranch
- Highlands Historic District
- Hunter Hereford Ranch Historic District
- Jenny Lake Ranger Station Historic District
- Kimmel Kabins
- Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District
- Geraldine Lucas Homestead-Fabian Place Historic District
- Menor's Ferry
- Mormon Row Historic District
- Old Administrative Area Historic District
- Old Faithful Historic District
- Rosencrans Cabin Historic District
- Snake River Ranch
- White Grass Dude Ranch
- White Grass Ranger Station Historic District
- Alpenhof Lodge
- The Brinkerhoff
- Cascade Canyon Barn
- Chapel of the Transfiguration
- Death Canyon Barn
- Double Diamond Dude Ranch Dining Hall
- Flat Creek Ranch
- Gap Puche Cabin
- George Washington Memorial Park
- Hardeman Barns
- Huckleberry Mountain Fire Lookout
- Huff Memorial Library
- Jackson Hole American Legion Post No. 43
- Jackson Lake Ranger Station
- Jenny Lake Boat Concession Facilities
- Jenny Lake CCC Camp NP-4
- Lake Hotel
- Leek's Lodge
- Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol Cabin
- Madison Museum
- Manges Cabin
- Miller Cabin
- Grace and Robert Miller Ranch
- Moose Entrance Kiosk
- Moran Bay Patrol Cabin
- Murie Residence
- Queen's Laundry Bath House
- Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge
- Snake River Land Company Residence and Office
- Squirrel Meadows Guard Station
- St. John's Episcopal Church and Rectory
- String Lake Comfort Station
- T. A. Moulton Barn
- Triangle X Barn
- Upper Granite Canyon Patrol Cabin
- Van Vleck House and Barn
- Wort Hotel
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