Bradford Brinton Ranch My first sight for today was a very special ranch. In the 1920s, one Bradford Brinton fell in love with the west. He had made a fortune in Illinois, and spent it on a ranch in 1927 which he filled with western art. On his death in 1963, he donated it to the state of Wyoming for a museum. The place initially feels like other house museums like Reynolda (see ), but with an important difference. Brinton lived with his artwork, knew the artists personally, and bought much of it directly from them. To reach the ranch, I had to drive into the rangeland in front of the Bighorn Mountains. The view was unbelievably huge. The road crossed pretty streams that must be seen to be believed.
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