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Quien Sabe Ranch

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390: 64: 89: 96: 71: 221:. The ranch structures date to the 1880s, part of a ranching operation established around 1883 by three English immigrants: Harry Jevons, Richard Ashworth and Richard Berry. The ranch centered on an area next to Hoodoo Creek. At first the ranch was called Hoodoo ranch, but after an altercation with Mexican 225:
who lived in the neighborhood the ranch became known as "Quien Sabe" ("who knows?") for the evasive answers given by the Mexicans to the English ranchers. After a series of transactions between the partners the property was deeded to Ashworth by Jevons to secure a $ 4747.62 loan. Jevons killed
244:, who was supposed to have had an interest in the land in the 1890s, but no records apart from an account by Cassidy's sister Lulu Parker Betensen attest to this. The ranch was acquired by Emil Thoren in 1907, whose family kept it through much of the 20th century. 626: 616: 593: 621: 569: 350: 539: 476: 597: 343: 446: 534: 336: 128: 398: 45: 88: 451: 389: 233:
The main building is the log ranchhouse, measuring 57 feet (17 m) by 17.5 feet (5.3 m). The low-pitched roof is waterproofed with
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C. H. King Company and First National Bank of Shoshoni
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Quien Sabe Ranch is located in Wyoming
Quien Sabe Ranch is located in the United States
Shoshoni, Wyoming
43°23′40″N 107°59′35″W / 43.39444°N 107.99306°W / 43.39444; -107.99306
MPS
Pioneer Ranches/Farms in Fremont County MPS
91000434
Fremont County, Wyoming
Shoshoni
Meeteetse
bentonite clay
Butch Cassidy
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service



"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Quien Sabe Ranch"
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