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| Friends of Beckwith Ranch |
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| Contact: | Mike Hess |
| Phone: | (719) 783-2300 |
| Web Site: | http://www.beckwithranch.org/home.asp |
| Email: | Email |
| Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 178, Westcliffe, CO, 81252 |
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The Friends of Beckwith Ranch is an organization focued on the restoration of historic Beckwith Ranch with a goal to recapture the romance of the Old West’s ranching heritage. Visitors to the Wet Mountain Valley will experience what the Beckwith family, guests and employees experienced 115 years ago. Worldwide, the most recognizable piece of Americana is the Wild West. The Beckwith Ranch will be a unique experience for tourists, scouts, educators, history buffs and folks who long for a life that disappeared over a century ago. It will be a legacy for the descendents of the brave families who settled the Wet Mountain Valley.
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| The Beckwith Ranch, established in 1874 by brothers Elton and Edwin Beckwith, was at its peak one of the largest cattle operations in Colorado. Sons of a wealthy shipbuilder from Mount Desert Island, Maine, Elton and Edwin brought cattle from Texas in 1869 for the miners in Colorado with Charles Goodnight, one of the legendary founders of the western cattle industry. |
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