Grant-Kohrs Ranch

On our route over to Idaho from Missouri Headwaters we discovered a unique National Historic Site, the Grant-Kohrs Ranch. 

We had a relatively easy day of travel planned, so we decided to stop & enjoy whatever the ranch had to offer. 














The Grant–Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site was created in 1972 to highlight the Western cattle industry from its inception in the 1850s through recent times.

The original ranch was established in 1862 by a Canadian fur trader named Johnny Grant at Cottonwood Creek, Montana, along the banks of the Clark Fork river. We drove beside the Clark Fork for much of our way to Standpoint, ID on route 93.

The ranch was later expanded by a cattle baron named Conrad Kohrs. 



The 1,618 acres historic site is maintained today as a working ranch (including livestock, of course) by the National Park Service. 










The various building contain many interesting artifacts of the golden-years of the ranch. The parking lot is big enough for even big rigs. 

We spent several very enjoyable hours on the Ranch before mosey'n on down the road toward Plains, MT where we would rest for a couple nights.