Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS

The Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site was established in 1972 to commemorate the Western cattle industry from its 1850s inception through recent times. The original ranch was established in 1862 by a Canadian fur trader, Johnny Grant, at Cottonwood Creek, Montana (future site of Deer Lodge, Montana), along the banks of the Clark Fork river. The ranch was later expanded by a cattle baron, Conrad Kohrs, who acquired the property in 1866. Kohrs built a large mansion on the property and laid out extensive gardens and grounds. By the early 1900s, the Grant-Kohrs ranch had become one of the largest cattle operations in the West, spanning some three million acres. Today, the Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site preserves over 1,000 acres of the original ranch property, including the mansion and grounds. It is a working ranch where visitors to the site can learn about the history of the cattle industry and see firsthand how it shaped the development of the American West.