The ranch's builder, Thomas Du Beau Soleil (Tom Sun), was a French-Canadian frontiersman who later became a pioneer cattleman.[2] During the 1870s and 1880s, the ranch was typical of many medium-sized ranching operations in cattle country.
In 1882, The Cheyenne Daily Leader, remarked that "the eastern person of inquiring turn of mind who writes to his friends out west to ask what a ranch is like would find his answer in a description of Tom Sun's."[3]
The ranch site was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960.[2][4] At the time of its nomination as a landmark it was one of the best preserved ranches from the cattle ranging period and was 4,160 acres (16.8 km2) in size.[4]
Recent development and renovationsedit
The ranch remained in the Sun family for four generations until 1996 when it was sold to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[5] Since that time some of the ranch buildings have been transformed into a visitors' center for nearby Martin's Cove, an important Mormon historic site. Structures on the site have been stabilized and repaired, but the setting has been impacted by the development of parking lots and landscape designs not consistent with the original historic setting. However, large portions of the landmark area, particularly sections in public ownership, continue to retain their historic integrity.[2]
^ abcd . National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
^"Tom Sun's Ranch - His Cattle Range on the Sweetwater - How He Uses the Mountains as a Fence". Cheyenne Daily Leader. December 8, 1882. p.3 col. 2.
^ abStephen Lissandrello (January 5, 1976), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Tom Sun Ranch(pdf), National Park Service and Accompanying 9 photos, exterior and interior, from 1975 and undated
^"Wyoming's Sun Ranch to Catch Some Visitors". Deseret News. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
External linksedit
Media related to Tom Sun Ranch at Wikimedia Commons
Tom Sun Ranch National Historic Landmark at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
ranch, also, known, ranch, historic, site, along, oregon, mormon, trails, about, west, independence, rock, wyoming, wyoming, highway, national, register, historic, placesu, national, historic, landmarkoverview, ranchshow, wyomingshow, united, stateslocationnat. Tom Sun Ranch also known as Sun Ranch is a historic site along the old Oregon and Mormon trails about 6 mi 9 7 km west of Independence Rock Wyoming on Wyoming Highway 220 Tom Sun RanchU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S National Historic LandmarkOverview of the ranchShow map of WyomingShow map of the United StatesLocationNatrona County Wyoming USANearest cityAlcova WyomingArea4 160 acres 16 8 km2 Built1872Built byTom SunNRHP reference No 66000753 1 Significant datesAdded to NRHPOctober 15 1966Designated NHLDecember 19 1960 2 Contents 1 History 2 Recent development and renovations 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe ranch s builder Thomas Du Beau Soleil Tom Sun was a French Canadian frontiersman who later became a pioneer cattleman 2 During the 1870s and 1880s the ranch was typical of many medium sized ranching operations in cattle country In 1882 The Cheyenne Daily Leader remarked that the eastern person of inquiring turn of mind who writes to his friends out west to ask what a ranch is like would find his answer in a description of Tom Sun s 3 The ranch site was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 19 1960 2 4 At the time of its nomination as a landmark it was one of the best preserved ranches from the cattle ranging period and was 4 160 acres 16 8 km2 in size 4 Recent development and renovations editThe ranch remained in the Sun family for four generations until 1996 when it was sold to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints 5 Since that time some of the ranch buildings have been transformed into a visitors center for nearby Martin s Cove an important Mormon historic site Structures on the site have been stabilized and repaired but the setting has been impacted by the development of parking lots and landscape designs not consistent with the original historic setting However large portions of the landmark area particularly sections in public ownership continue to retain their historic integrity 2 See also editDevil s Gate List of Registered Historic Places in WyomingReferences edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 a b c d Tom Sun Ranch National Historic Landmark summary listing National Park Service Archived from the original on July 28 2012 Retrieved March 22 2009 Tom Sun s Ranch His Cattle Range on the Sweetwater How He Uses the Mountains as a Fence Cheyenne Daily Leader December 8 1882 p 3 col 2 a b Stephen Lissandrello January 5 1976 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Tom Sun Ranch pdf National Park Service and Accompanying 9 photos exterior and interior from 1975 and undated Wyoming s Sun Ranch to Catch Some Visitors Deseret News Retrieved May 2 2016 External links edit nbsp Media related to Tom Sun Ranch at Wikimedia Commons Tom Sun Ranch National Historic Landmark at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office 42 26 36 N 107 13 06 W 42 44333 N 107 21833 W 42 44333 107 21833 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Sun Ranch amp oldid 1190834189, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
