Category: Ranching
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Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Once the headquarters of a 10,000,000 acre, open-range, cattle empire, what today is Grant-Kohrs Ranch symbolizes the importance of cattle ranching in Montana, and the American west. The vast, unfenced grasslands served as rich feeding grounds for the large herds that promised riches for the ranchers flocking to the area. A “gold rush” to ranching, however, inevitably brought problems. Overgrazing, harsh weather, and the introduction of barbed-wire fencing brought the open range ranch in era to a close after only three decades.
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They were a rugged set of men
They were a rugged set of men, these pioneers, well qualified for their self-assumed task. In the pursuit of wealth a few succeeded and the majority failed,…the range cattle industry has seen its inception, zenith, and partial extinction all within a half-century. The changes of the past have been many; those of the future may be of even more revolutionary character.
Conrad Kohrs, 1913
