Flat Creek Ranch
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Flat Creek Ranch | |
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| Location | Jackson Hole, Teton County, Wyoming, USA |
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| Nearest city | Jackson, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 43°31′40″N 110°32′33″W / 43.52778°N 110.54250°WCoordinates: 43°31′40″N 110°32′33″W / 43.52778°N 110.54250°W |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | Fox, Charles |
| Architectural style | Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 01001428 |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 2001[1] |
Flat Creek Ranch was a private retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, now 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. Patterson appeared in Jackson Hole 1916 as "Countess Gizycka", on the rebound from a failed marriage to a Polish count. The couple toured Europe together in 1922. Through Cissy's influence with US Senator Francis E. Warren, Cal obtained a homestead patent on the ranch, then sold it to Cissy for $5000. In 1923 Cissy built seven cabins, a barn and a lodge on the property.[3]
The property is owned by journalists Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel. Albright is the son of Cissy's niece Josephine Patterson Albright (daughter of Joseph Medill Patterson), who inherited the property at Cissy's death in 1948, and former husband of Madeleine Albright.[4]
References
- ↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Flat Creek Ranch". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. 2008-10-17.
- ↑ "History". Flat Creek Ranch Resort. Flat Creek Ranch Resort. 2008-10-18.
- ↑ Blackman, Ann: "Seasons of Her Life: A Biography of Madeleine Korbel Albright", page 187. Simon & Schuster, 2000.
External links
- Flat Creek Ranch History
- Flat Creek Ranch at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
