100 Years of Dude Ranching 1926 – 2026
A Photography Exhibit by Scott T. Baxter
A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
BY SCOTT T. BAXTER
About the Exhibit
On many dude ranches in the small hours of the morning, horses are gathered from their pastures and driven to ranch headquarters during a daily ritual often called “The Wrangle.” Ranch guests gather to listen to pounding hooves and watch their vacation companions arrive to the ranch for the day’s activities, repeating a tradition that has been in existence for decades.
This selection of images by Scott T. Baxter captures the landscapes and people of historic dude ranches that have existed for a century or longer and carry on such traditions.
In celebration of dude ranching’s 100th year, Scott traveled over 20,000 miles across the American West to photograph the dude ranches that have been around since the beginning to create the companion book to this collection, 100 Years of Dude Ranching.
Scott is no stranger to the American West with three major fine art projects celebrating ranching, cowboys and the Western way of life: 100 Years 100 Ranchers, Top Hand and Gathering the Remnants
The Wrangle features photographs from his newest centennial project to explore the landscapes dude ranches call home, and the people who continue to provide guests a hearty taste of the West paired with hospitality that has kept them coming back for over a century.
About Photographer Scott T. Baxter
Scott T. Baxter’s fine art photography work of the American West captures the dichotomy between the elegance and untamed nature of the West. Baxter’s work is in numerous museums and private collections, including the permanent collections of The Phoenix Art Museum, Sigler Western Museum, The Booth Museum of Western Art, Taos Art Museum, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Museum and the Scottsdale Public Art Program.
Scheduled Exhibitions
Dude Ranchers’ Association Convention | Billings, Montana
Tubac Golf Resort & Spa | Tubac, Arizona
Dude Ranch Museum | Cody, Wyoming
For more information: www.ranchpreservationfoundation.org
Abby, 2025
C Lazy U Ranch
Granby, Colorado
Dude ranching since 1919
Archival pigment print Limited edition of 10
37.75˝ x 28.75˝ Framed
Absaroka Range, 2024
Absaroka Ranch
Dubois, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1911 (homesteaded)
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 27.25˝ Framed
Ally, 2024
Shoshone Lodge and Guest Ranch
Cody, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1924
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
26˝ x 35˝ Framed
After the Wrangle, 2025
Circle Z Ranch
Patagonia, Arizona
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
25˝ x 35˝ Framed
Brandon, 2024
Eatons’ Ranch
Wolf, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1879 (North Dakota) and 1904 (Wyoming)
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
27˝ x 36˝ Framed
Cade, 2024
Shoshone Lodge and Guest Ranch
Cody, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1924
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
37.75˝ x 28.75˝ Framed
Charlie, 2024
Rimrock Ranch
Cody, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1926
World Champion bull rider Charlie Sampson, the first African-American cowboy to win a world championship in professional rodeo.
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
31.75˝ x 44” Framed
Crossing the Shoshone, 2024
Blackwater Creek Lodge
Cody, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1915
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 27.25˝ Framed
Dawn on the Border, 2025
Rancho de la Osa
Sasabe, Arizona
Dude ranching since 1924
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
21.25˝ x 26.75˝ Framed
Dexter Ridge, 2025
C Lazy U Ranch
Granby, Colorado
Dude ranching since 1919
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 24.5˝ Framed
Dawn at Needle Rock, 2024
The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch
Shell, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1913
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
36˝ x 28˝ Framed
Daybreak on the Conejos, 2024
Rainbow Trout Ranch
Antonito, Colorado
Dude ranching since the mid-1920s
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 27.25˝ Framed
Durke, 2024
Rainbow Trout Ranch
Antonito, Colorado
Dude ranching since mid-1920s
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
43˝ x 33.75˝ Framed
Early Morning Fog, 2024
Nine Quarter Circle Ranch
Gallatin Gateway, Montana
Dude ranching since 1912
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
44˝ x 34˝ Framed
Dustin, 2025
Mountain Sky Guest Ranch
Emigrant, Montana
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
27˝ x 35˝ Framed
Fenn, 2024
Bar Lazy J Guest Ranch
Parshall, Colorado
Dude ranching since 1912
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
33.75˝ x 43˝ Framed
French Creek at Dusk, 2024
Paradise Guest Ranch
Buffalo, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1907
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 27.5˝ Framed
Gray in the Morning Haze, 2024
Bar Lazy J Guest Ranch
Parshall, Colorado
Dude ranching since 1912
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
26.75˝ x 21.25˝ Framed
James at the Barn, 2025
Mountain Sky Guest Ranch
Emigrant, Montana
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
28.75˝ x 37.75˝ Framed
Kristen, 2024
Eatons’ Ranch
Wolf, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1879 (north Dakota), 1904 (Wyoming)
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
37.75˝ x 28.75˝ Framed
James and the Sorrel, 2024
Rimrock Ranch
Cody, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
26.75˝ x 21.25˝ Framed
Jocelyn, 2025
Sylvan Dale Ranch
Loveland, Colorado
Dude ranching since 1916
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
37.75˝ x 28.75˝ Framed
Kylee, 2024
4UR Ranch
Creede, Colorado
Dude ranching since 1906
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
21.75˝ x 26.75˝ Framed
Looking to the West, 2024
Shoshone Lodge and Guest Ranch
Cody, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1924
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
31˝ x 44˝ Framed
Linda, 2024
Elkhorn Ranch
Gallatin Gateway, Montana
Dude ranching since 1922
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
21.25˝ x 26.75˝ Framed
Miko, 2025
Circle Z Ranch
Patagonia, Arizona
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10 35˝ x 29.75˝ Framed
Morning Wrangle, 2024
Rimrock Ranch, Cody, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
36˝ x 28˝ Framed
$2,750
Paint and Saguaro, 2025
Kay El Bar Guest Ranch, Wickenburg, Arizona
Dude ranching since 1918
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
27.5˝ x 35˝ -Framed
$2,750
Remuda Detail, 2024
Eatons’ Ranch, Wolf, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1879 (North Dakota) and 1904 (Wyoming)
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 27.5˝ Framed
$2,750
Nell, 2024
CM Ranch, Dubois, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
26.75 x 21.25˝ Framed
$1,850
Peter, 2024
The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch
Shell, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1913
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
21.25˝ x 26.75˝ Framed
$1,850
Right Hip, 2024
Elkhorn Ranch, Gallatin Gateway, Montana
Dude ranching since 1922
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
21.25˝ x 26.75˝ Framed
$1,850
Run Through the Aspens, 2024
Park County, Wyoming
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
43˝ x 33.75˝ Framed
Sage, 2024
Rainbow Trout Ranch
Antonito, Colorado
Dude ranching since mid-1920s
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
26.75˝ x 21.25˝ Framed
Sam and the Bay Roan, 2024
CM Ranch
Dubois, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
37.75˝ x 28.75˝ Framed
Sam at the Saddle House, 2025
Sprucedale Guest Ranch
Alpine, Arizona
Dude ranching since 1922
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
26.75˝ x 21.25˝ Framed
Section 17-5 at Sunrise, 2025
Mountain Sky Guest Ranch
Emigrant, Montana
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
31˝ x 44˝ Framed
Spring in the Absarokas, 2025
Montana
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
43˝ x 33.75˝ Framed
The
Rio Grande, 2024
4UR Ranch
Creede, Colorado
Dude ranching since 1906
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 27.25˝ Framed
Storm Break, 2024
Bar Lazy J Guest Ranch
Parshall, Colorado
Dude ranching since 1912
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 27.25˝ Framed
The Roan and the Badlands, 2024
CM Ranch, Dubois, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1926
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
44˝ x 32˝ Framed
The
Sorrel, 2025
Crossed Sabres Ranch
Cody, Wyoming
Dude ranching since 1898
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
35˝ x 26.75˝ Framed
Dude ranching since 1902 (homesteaded)
Archival pigment print
Limited edition of 10
28.75˝ x 37.75˝ Framed
Vicente, 2024
Darwin Ranch
Jackson, Wyoming
100 YEARS OF DUDE RANCHING
CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE DUDE RANCHERS’ ASSOCIATION
Photography by SCOTT T. BAXTER
History by LYNN DOWNEY
Foreword by BOB BOZE BELL
Dude ranching found its official start in 1926, when a group of ranchers decided to create a governing organization for the industry that had begun to blossom in the late 1800s. The first dude ranches found their guests longing to extend their stays and happy to pay in exchange, as they explored and adventured in the American West.
In celebration of the centennial of the Dude Ranchers’ Association, this book explores modern and historic dude ranching at 26 ranches that were at the forefront of the industry, hosting dudes and giving them a taste of the West by 1926.
With photographs by award-winning photographer Scott T. Baxter, this book explores modern dude ranching at these historic ranches as captured over the course of a year; paired with historic information to see how each ranch has changed over a century. A history of the DRA and dude ranching written by historian Lynn Downey chronicles the story of dude ranches — the West’s first destination vacation.
A project by The Dude Ranchers’ Association, Dude Ranch Foundation and Ranch Preservation Foundation
100 Years of Dude Ranching: Celebrating the Centennial of the Dude Ranchers’ Association is available to purchase at www.ranchpreservationfoundation.org.
$79.95 MSRP
For more information: info@ranchpreservationfoundation.org