In 1965, Holding and his wife, the former Carol Orme, started the Little America in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and completed construction a year later.
[5] Holding owned 400,000 acres (1,600 km2) of working cattle ranch land in northern Wyoming and southern Montana.
After suffering a severe stroke in 2002, Holding was partially paralyzed, but made a sufficient recovery to continue the management of his organization until his death in the spring of 2013.
Their accomplishments growing up during the Depression, excelling in business, and giving back to the state and the country epitomize that story.
The things that we don't see are the guidance that he provided as a human being, as a businessperson, [and] his relationships with many people in Cheyenne over the many decades.