Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch Explained

Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:44.551°N -107.2105°W
Architecture:Vernacular dude ranch
Added:February 23, 2016
Area:15acres
Refnum:16000053[1]

The Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch is a former dude ranch, now a campus of Sheridan College, Wyoming, the Spear-O-Wigwam Mountain Campus. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. It is located at the southeast end of Park Reservoir, about two miles north of Cloud Peak Wilderness Area at altitude of 8300feet.

It closed as a dude ranch in 2011.[2]

One of its log guest cabins is known as the "Hemingway Cabin", where Ernest Hemingway stayed in 1928 with his wife Pauline while writing A Farewell to Arms. The cabin is approximately 42feetx18feetft (xft).[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places: Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch / Spear-0-Wigwam Mountain Campus . National Park Service. Mary Humstone . April 15, 2015 . May 19, 2017 . With 14 photos from 2015.