Ewing-Snell Ranch
National Register of Historic Places

Ewing-Snell Ranch

Dryhead, Carbon County, Montana
Listed
May 11, 1977
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
77000114

About this property

The Ewing-Snell Ranch was established between 1896 and 1898 by Erastus Ewing in Carbon County, Montana, on Layout Creek between Bighorn Canyon and the Pryor Mountains in a region called Dryhead Country. Ewing took up ranching after failing as a gold miner. Erastus Ewing was born in Tennessee about 1846, arriving in Montana in the 1880s to look for gold. He staked numerous claims, one of which controlled the water rights for Layout Creek. After giving up prospecting, he used the rights to establish his ranch, digging a ditch to his homestead from the creek. Ewing's place was designated a post office in 1898, operating until 1906 as Ewing, Montana before moving to the Caroline Lockhart Ranch. Erastus died in 1904. His son Lee sold the ranch to Clint Hough in 1911, who sold it to Philip Snell in 1918. The shop building operated as the Dryhead School in 1945–1957. Snell's descendants sold the ranch to Newell K. Sorenson in 1964. Sorenson sold 640 acres (260 ha) to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of Yellowtail Dam in 1968. The ranch is part of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. The Ewing-Snell Ranch was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1977.

Location

Dryhead, Carbon County, Montana
45.08389, -108.26429

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AGRICULTURE
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Nearby Historic Sites

Bad Pass Trail
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1.3 mi
Cedarvale
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2.1 mi
Lockhart, Caroline, Ranch
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3.9 mi
Bighorn Ditch Headgate
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22.1 mi
Fort C. F. Smith Historic District
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22.7 mi

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When was Ewing-Snell Ranch listed on the National Register?

Ewing-Snell Ranch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1977.

What type of historic resource is Ewing-Snell Ranch?

Ewing-Snell Ranch is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ewing-Snell Ranch is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1846.

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