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Photograph of Bar B C Dude Ranch
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Bar B C Dude Ranch

Built in 1912 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The Bar B C Dude Ranch was established near Moose, Wyoming in 1912 as a dude ranch by Struthers Burt and Dr. Horace Carncross, using their initials as the brand.”

Wikipedia article Bar B C Dude Ranch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 65 National Register listings published here for Teton County · listed in 1990 · category: District · built in 1912, rustic architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Off Teton Park Rd., Moose, 83013
  • When was it listed? April 1990
  • Category. district
  • Also known as. Grand Teton National Park MPS
  • Census division. Jackson Hole
  • When was it built? 1912
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 90000624 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Bar B C Dude Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,470 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural41
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2008Smokingunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkBAT HOUSE
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism340 acresGrand Teton National ParkHAYFIELDS
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestCARPENTER
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkPRONGHORN
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkRIVERBANK
24 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkQUAKING
21 September 2003Natural1.0 acresGrand Teton National ParkW. TAGGART
11 September 2012Naturalunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkGARNET FIRE

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bar B C Dude Ranch: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this property

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moose, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007LightningMoose1 hurtno account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMoose$10,000Several trees were downed in a swath from the Death Canyon Trailhead east across the Moose-Wilson Road. Motorists were trapped on the road by fallen trees which were blocking passage. One vehicle was damaged near Death Canyon due to a fallen tree.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMoose-A 60 mph wind gust was reported at the weather station at the Teton Saddle.
July 2013HailMoose-Nickel sized hail was seen at Moose by a trained spotter.
August 2003WildfireMoose-no account filed
July 2002HailMoose-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Teton County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Manges Cabin1.9 miles1998
Highlands Historic District1.9 miles1998
4 Lazy F Dude Ranch2.0 miles1990
Double Diamond Dude Ranch Dining Hall2.0 miles1998
Administrative Area Historic District, Old2.1 miles1990
Chapel of the Transfiguration2.6 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000624 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Teton CountyAll 65 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.