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Twelve Mile Ranch was founded in the early 1880s by Joseph H. Heumphreus, who came to the Black Hills in 1877 on a cattle drive of Texas longhorns via the famous Texas Trail. Heumphreus spent a few years in Deadwood, South Dakota, and Tigerville, South Dakota, during the Black Hills Gold Rush.
In turn, other ventures began to turn away from the term, advertising themselves not as a luxury resort or a dude ranch, but a working ranch with guest rooms. That trend had become evident in the 1930s but, by the 1950s, the term dude ranch had become unpopular, with most establishments advertising themselves as simply "ranches", and stressing ...
An occupation may become obsolete for a single reason, or for a combination of reasons. Reasons for occupations to become obsolete fall into a number of groups: Cultural/fashion change, for example hoop skirt and crinoline manufacturers were significant employers in the 1850s and 1860s but they declined significantly in later years as fashions ...
[18] [19] The White Grass Dude Ranch was established in 1913, when George Tucker Bispham, a former Bar B C employee, and Harold Hammond consolidated their adjoining working ranches right at the foot of the Tetons. The White Grass inholding operated as a dude ranch until 1985, when its life estate expired, the longest-active dude ranch in the ...
Pages in category "Ranches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The number of dude ranches in the U.S. has been dwindling over the past decade as the high fixed-costs become more expensive for families to manage and more difficult to pass onto younger generations.
Ranches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota (12 P) Pages in category "Ranches in South Dakota" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in the U.S. state of South Dakota that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's more than 1,300 listings are distributed across all of its 66 counties.