Schunk Lodge
United States historic place
Schunk Lodge | |
44°36′47.5″N 107°12′44.7″W / 44.613194°N 107.212417°W / 44.613194; -107.212417 (Schunk Lodge) | |
NRHP reference No. | 100001955 |
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Added to NRHP | January 4, 2018[1] |
Schunk Lodge is a log cabin located in a remote section of the Bighorn Mountains. The cabin was used as a mail stage stop and as a dude ranch before it became a mountain cabin for Will Schunk, a conservationist who was instrumental in the establishment of the nearby Cloud Peak Wilderness.[2]
Schunk Lodge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in on January 4, 2018.[1]
Usage
Schunk Lodge was previously used by The Wilderness Society as a congregative place in nationwide meetings, and was used for the 1957 election of attorney Harvey Broome as their president.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Schunk Lodge". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Tennessee Man is Wilderness Society Chief". Jackson's Hole Courier. 29 Aug 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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