The Brockhurst Ranch exhibit is on display at the Woodland Park Public Library through August 14, 2021.
The exhibit traces the history of this celebrated local site from its beginnings as an 1887 homestead, a working cattle ranch and farm through the early 1930s, to the popular Riding Academy and Brockhurst Dude Ranch until 1962.
Some highlights include historic photos of Henry and Lulu Brockhurst, their ranch, horses, and guests; an early business card from the Green Mountain Falls Livery where Henry worked as a teen; and a Brockhurst Dude Ranch brochure featuring local artist Julie Nixon Boyd’s watercolor rendering which locates the dining hall and various other Ranch cabins.
The original Brockhurst Riding Academy office building is now permanently located in the Ute Pass Historical Society & Pikes Peak Museum’s History Park and is interpreted as an early log cabin furnished with period household objects.
Free tours of History Park are available by reservation, or while you’re visiting the UPHS Gift Shop. To reserve a tour, please call 719.686.7512. We also offer free downtown Walking Tours. Call by 3 p.m. Friday for a tour on Saturday morning, at 9:30 a.m.
