Front Range Auctioneers -
- Stan Howe & Assoc.
Helena, Montana
#387
The Historic
RALSTON PLACE
Sept 4, 2010
This is an important update regarding access to the property.
While we believed we would be able to provide access to this property from the Colorado side and have been working on clarifying that access with the owner and other parties; we were informed last night, September 3, 2010, that access to the property will be denied by the landowners whose land would have to be crossed to reach this property either from the south or west.
While we realize this will change the interest of some people in purchasing the property; we feel it is in the best interest of the seller, the adjoining property owners and our auction companies to divulge this decision as soon as possible.
We did not, and do not, intend to mislead anyone. We list, advertise and sell property based on what information we are given and believed that the Colorado side access would be granted to a new owner following the auction. This has proven to be impossible to promise at this juncture. We will sell the property on the basis that there is no access from the Colorado side nor from the adjoining landowner to the west of this property. While a new landowner may or may not be able to obtain access after the purchase, we are not able to promise access and will sell the property as having NO access from the Colorado side.
Access, of course, is still available -- at least to our knowledge at this point -- from the Wyoming side via Highway 70 and the Forest Service roads. Or you could fly in by helicopter.
Thank you for your understanding, if you have any questions, feel free to call Stan Buckholz at
406-855-5555 or Stan Howe at 406-949-3448 cell.
SELLING AT AUCTION!!!!!
200+- Acres of Spectacular & Private
Wyoming Property
The RALSTON PLACE -- one of Wyoming's historic properties now selling at Auction to the Highest Bidder!!
Recreation--Hunting & Outfitting-Ranching-Retreat
Wildlife-Elk-Moose-Deer-Bear-Sage Grouse-Birds
Spectacular Beauty in the Shadow of
Sheep Mountain
Sunlit South Facing Property with
Many Home or Cabin Sites
A PROPOSED SUBDIVISION PLAN IN IN PLACE FOR FIVE 40+- ACRE LOTS
Open Meadows--Creeks--Trees-Good Forage-Wyoming Wildflowers--This Property has it all !!
Watered by FIVE natural water sources -- Streams & Springs--Clear & Clean Mountain Water
Completely fenced with new cattle guard &
access gate for privacy
Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of the MEDICINE BOW National Forest, BLM land & large private ranches.
Secluded yet accessible--year around from Steamboat Springs, summer access from highway 70 between Encampment & Baggs, Wyoming
Power and Phone to the Property!!!
Only miles from Saratoga and Baggs, two of the most beautiful & historic towns in Wyoming and only 68 miles from exciting Steamboat Springs!
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Thursday September 9, 2010
Holiday Inn Champagne Room, 6 PM
Don't miss this opportunity to own one of Wyoming's historic properties. There is no other property available today that approaches this for spectacular views, water, wildlife and accessibility that has the seclusion and potential this this property has. NOW is your chance to own it!! You may never have a chance at a property like this in your lifetime!!
This is an important update regarding access to the property.
While we believed we would be able to provide access to this property from the Colorado side and have been working on clarifying that access with the owner and other parties; we were informed last night, September 3, 2010, that access to the property will be denied by the landowners whose land would have to be crossed to reach this property either from the south or west.
While we realize this will change the interest of some people in purchasing the property; we feel it is in the best interest of the seller, the adjoining property owners and our auction companies to divulge this decision as soon as possible.
We did not, and do not, intend to mislead anyone. We list, advertise and sell property based on what information we are given and believed that the Colorado side access would be granted to a new owner following the auction. This has proven to be impossible to promise at this juncture. We will sell the property on the basis that there is no access from the Colorado side nor from the adjoining landowner to the west of this property. While a new landowner may or may not be able to obtain access after the purchase, we are not able to promise access and will sell the property as having NO access from the Colorado side.
Access, of course, is still available -- at least to our knowledge at this point -- from the Wyoming side via Highway 70 and the Forest Service roads. Or you could fly in by helicopter.
Thank you for your understanding, if you have any questions, feel free to call Stan Buckholz at
406-855-5555 or Stan Howe at 406-949-3448 cell.
SELLING AT AUCTION!!!!!
200+- Acres of Spectacular & Private
Wyoming Property
The RALSTON PLACE -- one of Wyoming's historic properties now selling at Auction to the Highest Bidder!!
Recreation--Hunting & Outfitting-Ranching-Retreat
Wildlife-Elk-Moose-Deer-Bear-Sage Grouse-Birds
Spectacular Beauty in the Shadow of
Sheep Mountain
Sunlit South Facing Property with
Many Home or Cabin Sites
A PROPOSED SUBDIVISION PLAN IN IN PLACE FOR FIVE 40+- ACRE LOTS
Open Meadows--Creeks--Trees-Good Forage-Wyoming Wildflowers--This Property has it all !!
Watered by FIVE natural water sources -- Streams & Springs--Clear & Clean Mountain Water
Completely fenced with new cattle guard &
access gate for privacy
Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of the MEDICINE BOW National Forest, BLM land & large private ranches.
Secluded yet accessible--year around from Steamboat Springs, summer access from highway 70 between Encampment & Baggs, Wyoming
Power and Phone to the Property!!!
Only miles from Saratoga and Baggs, two of the most beautiful & historic towns in Wyoming and only 68 miles from exciting Steamboat Springs!
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Thursday September 9, 2010
Holiday Inn Champagne Room, 6 PM
Don't miss this opportunity to own one of Wyoming's historic properties. There is no other property available today that approaches this for spectacular views, water, wildlife and accessibility that has the seclusion and potential this this property has. NOW is your chance to own it!! You may never have a chance at a property like this in your lifetime!!
For many years the Ralston Place has been known as one of the few inholdings in the Medicine Bow National Forest. Situated near the Colorado Border, only a short distance from County Road 129 out of Steamboat Springs, Colorado and accessible from that road or Highway 70 between Encampment & Baggs, Wyoming; it has been owned by the same Wyoming ranching family for three generations. This is a property with everything, seclusion and isolation by its placement in the middle of the National Forest, surrounded by BLM land and several of the largest ranches ever established in Wyoming, including the Three Forks and the Focus Ranch, this 200+- acres offers every thing anyone could want in a Wyoming Mountain property. South facing slope with trees, forage pasture, Sage & Bear Brush plus the Pines, Aspen and Willows Wyoming is famous for. Wildflowers fill the pastures in the spring -- Indian Paintbrush, Mountain Lupine, Bluebells-- they and many others make the floor of the forest and pasture a carpet of color. Five water sources - springs and streams - assure a water supply for eternity. Wildlife gathers near the water and offers viewing not seen anywhere else. An Outfitters dream, cabin sites abound and hunting camps and headquarters are begging to be built in the draws and aspen groves along the creeks. The only problem with a Homesite on this property is choosing which one to build on, there are many, every one with a spectacular view of the mountains to the south, east and west and your own vista to the north. A preliminary plan for subdivision into 5 parcels of approximately 40 acres each is in place.
Situated as it is, the views are spectacular. One evening of watching the sun go down behind sheep mountain; the shadows deepening across the valley and rising up from the low lying southern slope to finally reach the brushy meadows at the top of the hills will calm your soul and call you back to the Ralston Place time and again. Whether you make it your permanent home in the west, your summer retreat, your hunting and outfitting property ~~ you will never find a place so eternally interesting to explore during each season. In spring the south facing slope comes alive with color, crocuses pushing up through the snow to herald the coming of spring. The Aspens turn green, their leaves glowing in the spring sun against their white bark. Baby Elk, their mothers watching over them as they graze, sleep in the bower of the Willow bushes along the creek. From Rabbits to the Mountain Sage Grouse, spring fills the Ralston Place with new life.
In summer, the Deer and Elk come to the water sources for fresh and cool water. The Black Bears appear with their cubs, grazing on the Bear Grass in the draws. If you decide to raise cattle, either your own or summer pasture calves, they will relish the nutritious mountain grass Wyoming is famous for. Horses thrive in the Wyoming mountains, full of energy and sleek coated from the native grass. The opportunity to ride goes on virtually forever as the Ralston Place is surrounded my millions and millions of acres of Medicine Bow National Forest and BLM land -- all open to horseback riding -- as well as thousands of acres of private land owned by your new neighbors. This is horse country!! Four wheelers can't cover the ground like a horse, the horse still reigns supreme in Wyoming!!
Fall comes to Wyoming and lingers. It brings the soft yellow leaf to the Aspen, the red rosy glow to the Buffalo Grass and a flake of snow teases from the sky. The days are warm and invigorating. The bull Elk bugle from the high peaks and meadows and the Bear is getting ready to sleep for the winter. Cool, bracing mornings bring the urge to fill the pantry for the winter and hunters come to the hills. With your own property to hunt on, you have your choice of the game to stock your pantry with for the winter.
On the south facing slopes of southern Wyoming, it is never winter in the way it is in the northern mountains or on a north facing slope. Here, the elevation keeps the sun up early and late, the power of the sun warms the ground and brings bright days for outdoor recreation. Christmas in the high country, burning a fire with wood cut from your own trees and gathering from your own land brings a special sense of home to any cabin or house. Snowmobiling, cross country skiing and wildlife watching during the days of winter sun in Wyoming build families and friends that last forever. World class downhill skiing is only an hour away in the famous and fabulous resort town of Steamboat Springs for those who want and exciting day of winter sports and entertainment.
This property is one of a kind. You may never again have the chance to own a property of this quality. Money in the bank may be nothing. Investments rise and fall. Time goes on but the land remains eternal. Three generations have stewarded this land, kept it as nature made it for you to enjoy. Buy it now and have it for your lifetime and for your family for eternity.
You can own the Ralston Place.
WE WILL BE CONDUCTING PRIVATE TOURS OF THE PROPERTY
PRIOR TO THE AUCTION. TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE THE PROPERTY, CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS.
WE WILL BE CONDUCTING PRIVATE TOURS OF THE PROPERTY
PRIOR TO THE AUCTION. TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE THE PROPERTY, CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS.
The Auction will be held on September 9, a Thursday evening, at the Holiday Inn Champagne Room in Steamboat Springs, Colorado at 6 PM. Private showing of the property is available by appointment with the Auctioneers, contact Stan Howe at 406-949-3448 cell or Stan Buckholtz at 406-855-5555 cell to set up a time for you to view this magnificent property.
While there is no owner financing of the property, we may be able to assist qualified buyers with financing. Contact the Auctioneeers.
For terms of the auction and further information, please contact the auctioneers directly. stanhowemt@aol.com We are anxious to visit with you about this property.
This is the view coming into the property at the east boundary from the Encampment side. There is a new access gate with cattle guard for security. This is looking to the Southwest toward sheep mountain. This gate is about half way from the North & South boundaries. As you can see, this is a nice little creek that runs along the South side of the road going down.
Wyoming is famous for its Aspen Groves, these are just an example of their beauty.
As we walked down the ridge to take pictures, this cow Elk broke out of the trees and went up over the ridge. She probably had a calf hidden in the brush on the sidehill where she could keep watch. We didn't disturb the calf but I'm sure he was within a couple hundred feet of where we were. What a lucky picture!
All the wildflowers were in bloom when we were there to take pictures. I don't know what this is called but it is really a pretty little flower.
This is a view from the center ridge that runs to the West side of the road in. This is looking down the hill to the Southwest, you can see one of the creeks here and if you look really closely you can see the power line that runs along the southern boundary. The phone line comes to just about where I'm standing on the ridge.
This is looking on the point of the ridge to the Southeast. There is an abandoned cabin that is not on this property. The road from Steamboat Springs can be seen in the distance to the South.
Wildflowers growing on the top of the ridge.
This is taken looking off to the Northwest from the top of the ridge. Sheep Mountain is at the left, the North fence line runs along the right side of this picture. There is a spring off in the distance right at the fence line, that water comes down the draw and keeps it green.
This is the road going down the East side of the property, right at the lower gate. The ridge where the Elk was is just behind me on the left.
Here is the road going into the property, just a little ways down from the gate. Notice all the trees on the ridge to the left and the willows along the creek. It had rained but the road wasn't bad at all.
Looking down into the valley to the west of the ridge we were walking down. There is a little pond here that is fed from the spring back up the draw to the North. Wildlife comes here to drink and rest, there were all sorts of animal tracks here.
This is part of an abandoned line camp on the way into the Ralston Place from the Encampment side. It is not on the property but is so picturesque I wanted to put a picture of it on here.
This the road going up to the gate looking up from the South entrance. The creek is now on the other side of the road, there is a culvert about 200 feet up from where I took this picture. The water is clear and cold, Wyoming mountain water.
This is the same road a little further up the grade, you can see the trees and at the far left, the brush the cow Elk came out of and the ridge she went up over. The East property line runs to the east side of this ridge just a little bit and comes down to meet the valley fence from the west.
This is a closer shot of the mountains from the central ridge of the property. You can see the neighbor's hay fields and the power line coming in from the west.
This is the tree with the steam that is in the draw to the west of the ridge. There was a deer there just before I took this picture.
Looking off to the north, you can see the fence line along the boundary.
Trees along the east side.
My favorite shot. You can see the mountain, the valley and the brushy bottoms where the wildlife like to lay up in the daytime. What a gorgeous place!!!
This is looking straight North up the draw from the tree in the bottom where the deer were. The property ends at the fence in the middle of the picture.
This is an abandoned cabin near the south east corner of the property. No one has lived here for many years. This is where the power line ends.
Here is the view to the south side of the new gate going in from the Encampment side. The fence is wooden post and in good repair. This fence runs straight South to the corner of the property. The road follows the creek down the draw and out the South side to the access road from Steamboat
This is the beautiful Medicine Bow Forest just to the North of the property along the road going in from the Encampment side.
A field of wildflowers along the road going into the property.
