Prairie Palace on PF Ranch Near Henry Nebraska Noted Historic Site
The PF Ranch near Henry Nebraska features a tall white grout house with a cupola, built in 1882 83 by Col James H Pratt and WH Ferris. It housed early post and telephone services, while Pratt and Ferris built a major Hereford cattle operation later led by the Heinz family and now by Ed and Norm Middlesworth. The ranch aided westward settlement and infrastructure projects including the Sidney Deadwood Trail and early Camp Clarke bridge work, with notable cattle showing a grand champion carload at Denver in 1975.
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Ferris
North Platte River
Pratt
Field
Marshall Field
Chicago
Sidney
South Dakota
Pratt and Ferris
Camp Clarke
Sidney-Deadwood
Black Hills
Red Cloud
Heinz
Nebraska
John Heinz
Sioux County
Morrill
Norm Middlesworth
Denver
Frederick Ranch Landmark in Guernsey Wyoming Terminal
The Frederick Ranch near Guernsey Wyoming spans over 60 000 acres and stands as a historic landmark. Founded by Charles and Minnie Frederick the operation grew from mining and ranching with Minnie driving cattle and peddling produce to support the enterprise. Ruth Frederick now runs the ranch as the couple’s youngest daughter, a nonagenarian who emulates her mother’s ranching spirit.
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Guernsey Wyo
Nebraska
Wyoming
Frederick Ranch
Frederick
Charles
Minnie Frederick
Germany
Ft. Laramie
United States
Guernsey
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Texas Trail
Ruth
Forever queens Queens of the plains
A nostalgic look at historic queens of the plains, noting their elegant beauty, ranch headquarters, dual roles, and imagined value in today’s market with each queen having a unique story to tell.
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Plains
Carpenter Post Office Soddy in Nebraska Falls to Winds
In western Nebraska eight miles southwest of Alliance the Carpenter Post Office sod house, once the region’s largest soddie, collapsed after enduring since the early 1900s. Built by Dennis Carpenter, later owned by the Shanklin family, it stood 30 by 30 feet with thick 18 inch walls and a temporary winter roof that helped extend its life before ruin.
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Alliance
Nebraska
Carpenter Post Office
Post Office
Bernice Shanklin
Miss Shanklin
Dennis Carpenter
Iowa
Trueman Shanklin
Shanklins
Walter Robbins
Shanklin
Carpenter
Agate Springs Ranch Fossils and Captain Cook Legacy
Agate Springs Ranch in Sioux County Nebraska is famed for Tertiary Age fossils found on its land. Captain James Cook operated the ranch from 1887 to 1942, attracting scientists and turning the site into a museum before NPS purchase. Harold Cook, his son, funded paleontology studies and earned a medical degree after saving for college.
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Agate Springs Ranch
Sioux County
Harrison
Neb
Agate Springs
Nebraska
James Cook
Cook
Cavalry
Capt
White Ranch
National Park Service
Scottsbluff
Agate
Harold
Legendary Hyannis house once a maternity valve in Sandhills
A towering white house built in the late 1880s by Dr A J Plummer near Hyannis Nebraska sits on the Dumbbell Ranch. Plummer, an English trained physician, ran a wide rural practice and sometimes traveled 50 miles by buggy. The 52 000 acre spread reflected his ambition as he named the ranch after an accident with a hammer.
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Great White House
Dumbbell Ranch
Hyannis, Neb
Hyannis
Sandhills
Nebraska
A. J Plummer
Plummer
Germany
Montana
Whitman
Old log building on Schuler Olsen Ranch near Redington
A historic log structure south of Redington on the Schuler Olesen Ranch measures about 100 feet by 16 feet and once featured running water. Built by the Laing brothers in the 1870s, it later housed the Randall family after 1908 and was tied to Buffalo Bill Cody friends. Logs from Wildcat Hills and a sod roof are noted, with cement over parts and current owners Darrell and Mrs. Schuler as antique collectors.
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Laing
Schuler and Olsen
Redington
Nebraska
Schuler-Olsen
Laing Brothers
Guy and
Sim
Lawrence Fork
George
Will Randall
Wildcat Hills
Darrell Schuler
Dawes County
Chadron
P. B. Nelson
Nelson
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Henry, Neb
Middlesworth Herefords
Ruth Frederick
Wyo
Forever Queens
North Platte
Buffalo Bill Cody
Sidney Telegraph
Don Marshall
Scotts Bluff
Daily Star-Herald
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