Darwin Ranch
The Darwin Ranch in Teton County, Wyoming near Cora, Wyoming is a guest ranch which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. Description It is a remote inholding within Bridger-Teton National Forest and provides easy access to forest lands and to the Gros Ventre Wilderness. It has rental log cabins which, in 2021, command rental rates around $6,000/week. History It was home of Fred Dorwin, a trader and fur trapper, and came to be called Darwin Ranch following appearance of it as that, by a typo, on a map. It was managed for more than 50 years by Loring Woodman, after his parents purchased the ranch in 1964. The property includes 15 log buildings and 9 structures. The buildingsand structures were "all hand-constructed with logs, that are a combination of historic and a few modern structures designed to match the original buildings. Buildings on the site include the main lodge, guest cabins, and working ranch outbuildings. The site is surrounded by pine-tree covered mountains, with Kinky Creek and the Gros Ventre River winding through the property." The property was deemed significant "for its representation of historic events related to Commerce and Settlement. As a homestead property,