Another Relaxing Day at the Ranch!

 I only took a couple of beautiful snowy pics yesterday because it was another relaxing day here at the ranch!

We love this place!  Here is the history of Hart Ranch taken from on online site:

“During the time of the Black Hills Gold Rush, a young man claimed a chunk of land just outside of present-day Rapid City, South Dakota. His name was John Harrison Hart. The story of Hart’s life reads like a tall tale, but then again it was the wild west, so it just might be…

Hart, who was a soldier in the Civil War, arrived in the granite filled Black Hills in the mid-1880’s with a mere $15 to his name. The frontiersman squeaked by his first winter by chopping wood for 75 cents a cord. After he had gotten his feet under him, he began to carve out his ranching empire. With an extreme amount of hardwork and ingenuity, in just a few short years he was running his cattle on a freight line from Pierre to Rapid City, and over to Cheyenne. Before long he was one of the most successful ranchers in the region.

Hart continued to live on his ranch until the day that he died. He never learned how to drive a car, even though he lived to see World War II. If you ask around, you can still find an old soul or two that remembers driving him around his ranch, once he got too old to ride his horse.

Hart Ranch as we know it today, sits on the storied land John Harrison Hart claimed nearly 140 years ago. In 1984 we were deeded 195 acres of Hart’s land for our camping resort, and we must say, he sure picked out a beautiful spot!”

There is not a cloud in the sky this morning!  I believe a drive with better pictures may be in order!