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Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
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The Dangberg Home Ranch was founded by Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg, newly arrived from Germany, in 1857. This was one of the Carson Valley's first and, eventually, largest ranches. The rancher, politician and local businessman started here with just a log cabin. He grew his operation into a 20,000 acre empire by the time he died in 1904. Then his son took over and increased the holdings to 48,000 acres. Douglas County now owns a bit more than 5 acres around the original main house, laundry building, stone cellar, garage, carriage house and bunkhouse. The property is managed by Nevada State Parks and the state and county are working together to restore the original buildings. The ranch is on State Route 88, 1 mile south of the State Route's junction with US 395 (31 miles south of Carson City). To tour the property, reservations are required. The ranch is operated as a museum with tours available on Wednesdays and Sundays. |
| The Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park c/o Mormon Station State Historic Park Genoa, NV 89411 Dangberg Ranch - 775-783-9417 |
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