The location is notable as an example of one of only a few military bordellos still standing in the United States by 1974, the time of its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.

[3] Located about 3 miles (4.8 km) from old Fort Laramie, the ranch was established in 1873 by Jules Ecoffey and Adolph Cuny as a trading post and saloon.

[5] The ranch was described by U.S. Army Lieutenant John Gregory Bourke:[3] ... tenanted by as hardened and depraved set of witches as could be found on the face of the globe.

It [was] a rum mill of the worst kind [with] half a dozen Cyprians, virgins whose lamps were always burning brightly in expectancy of the coming of the bridegroom, and who lured to destruction the soldiers of the garrison.

In all my experience I have never seen a lower, more beastly set of people of both sexes.Two structures remain: a U-shaped lime-grout building that housed the bar and had several rooms and a cellar, and a wooden barn.