Congressman Frank O. Horton, who purchased it in 1911 with financial help from his investment banker brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Warren and Demia Gorrell.

The Gorrells and their children spent summers in Wyoming, while the Hortons stayed year-round.

Ranch structures are scattered through the site as well, with dormitories for wranglers.

[3] The most significant building is the club house (1924), of log construction with a prominent front porch.

Its hipped roof is supported by pine trunks and it features stone fireplaces.