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Jensen Ranch
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| Location: | Sublette County, Wyoming, USA |
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| Nearest city: | Boulder, Wyoming |
| Area: | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
| Architect: | Jensen, Metinus |
| Architectural style: | Foursquare |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88000552[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | May 05, 1988 |
The Jensen Ranch, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Boulder, Wyoming, was established by Danish immigrant Metinus Jensen in 1905. It remains in the family as a working ranch three generations later. The ranch features a 1918 American Foursquare house as its central element, surrounded by accessory ranch buildings.[2][3]
The Jensen Ranch was established in an unpromising section of Sublette County in sagebrush land. It typifies an early 20th century ranching operation, that became a successful beef cattle and sheep operation.[3]
Metinus Jensen was born on January 14, 1874 in Brammings, Denmark. Jensen immigrated to the United States at the age of nineteen, living for a time in Nebraska. There he met his wife, a Nebraskan widow named Percilla Dodd, who already had two children of her own. The Jensens eventually had nine more children. Metinus found a job with the Union Pacific Railroad, working at several locations in Wyoming. He obtained a homestead on Muddy Creek in 1905, which had grown to 630.72 acres (255.24 ha) by 1910. The ranch passed to Metinus' son Otto in 1945, when Metinus and Percilla moved to Rock Springs. The ranch by then extended to 2,700 acres (1,100 ha) with 350 to 400 cattle.[3]
The ranch was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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