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Dudes Ranches Grow Into Big Montana Wyoming Industry
The article details a surge in the dude ranch business across Montana and Wyoming with 75 proprietors at a Billings convention. It notes over 13,000 guests last season spending more than a million dollars, and highlights key figures, origins, and locations from Sheridan to Yellowstone as the industry evolves from pioneer guides to established resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Banfill
Montana
Wyoming
Dade Ranchers’ Association
Billings
T. Joe Cahill
Wyoming Department of Commerce and Industry
Frank Emerson
Northern Pacific
Burlington Railway
Big Horn
Sheridan
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Yellowstone
Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Park
Beartooth
Absaroka
Gallatin National Forests
Flathead
Mission Range
Range
Bozemen
Plains
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Howard Eaton
Eaton Brothers
Wolf
Wyo
North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt
Marquis de Mores
Park
Eatons
Big Horn Country
Eaton Ranch
Dude Ranchers’ Association
Plains Country
Stone Park
Charles
Ed Newman
Joe Cochran
Danfords
Reardons
Skookum
Joe Anderson
Bam Elwell
John D. Losekamp
Livingston
Rockefellers
Randall Ranch
Col
Tom Cooper
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Winthrops
Boston
Charles Cairn
S. M. Leek
F. Banderant
Mr. Simpson
Chilcot Bill