The Grant-Kohrs Ranch
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The Grant-Kohrs Ranch
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On this episode of The Last Best Podcast, we discuss the beginning of the cattle ranching industry in Montana. Starting with how men heading west to work as fur traders would transition into raising cattle as they saw the decline in demand for animal fur. One of those fur traders, Johnny Grant, would start what is known today as the Grant-Kohrs Ranch, which would become one of the longest running ranches in Montana. Grant, and later, Conrad Kohrs would survive many changes in the industry, while meticulously cataloguing its operations. Today, it is still run as a working ranch by the National Park Service and is also a National Historic Site.
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Sources for this episode:
Ranching in Montana: History Collections | Montana History Portal
A Farm of Her Own | Montana Women's History
Local History Thursday: The Peach Day Massacre & Sheep Wars of the 1890s – Mesa County Libraries
History & Culture - Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
History - Montana Stockgrowers Association
History and Library Board | Kohrs Library