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Schunk Lodge
Schunk Lodge is located in Wyoming
Schunk Lodge
Schunk Lodge is located in the United States
Schunk Lodge
Nearest cityBig Horn, Wyoming
Coordinates44°36′8″N 107°12′58″W / 44.60222°N 107.21611°W / 44.60222; -107.21611 (Schunk Lodge)
NRHP reference No.100001955
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 2018[1]

Schunk Lodge is a log cabin located in a remote section of the Bighorn Mountains. The cabin was used as a mail stage stop and as a dude ranch before it became a mountain cabin for Will Schunk, a conservationist who was instrumental in the establishment of the nearby Cloud Peak Wilderness.[2]

Schunk Lodge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in on January 4, 2018.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Schunk Lodge". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 24 February 2018.