The TA is the only intact site associated with the range war, with trenches used by both sides still visible and scars on the nearby buildings.

[2] The ranch is located near the North Branch of Crazy Woman Creek south of Buffalo, Wyoming, with the Big Horn Mountains to the west.

The property is significant for its role as the scene of a three-day siege in the Johnson County Range War, and as an example of an intact ranching operation.

The cattlemen's hired guns dug trenches on an elevated location to the west of the barn that commanded a view of the surrounding country.

However, the mercenary company was resented by the smaller landowners prevalent in northern Wyoming and were confronted by a large group of local settlers and cowboys.