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The Diamond J Ranch Part 1

The Diamond J Ranch Part 1

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The Diamond J Ranch opened for its first season in June of 1931 with Julia Bennett as its proud owner and operator. Everyone who stayed at the ranch raved about Julia's hospitality and can do attitude, but opening a dude ranch at the beginning of the Great Depression had numerous challenges. In Part 1 we learn about Julia's early life and all that she experienced that led her to the threshold of what would become the first woman owned dude ranch in Montana.


Inspiration and excerpts from this episode came from the book, Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West by Lisa Hendrickson.


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Sources for this episode:


Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West by Lisa Hendrickson

https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9781496227928/


https://fayranches.com/property/diamond-j-ranch-montana/

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