"It was your idea that created the Park, a thing of joy for many people, that enriches their lives and will for all time"

Written by Conrad Warren in a letter to his wife shortly before her passing, August 21, 1979

Nellie Flinn Warren is considered the first historian, curator and preservationist of the Grant-Kohrs Ranch. It was Nellie that sorted and studied the extensive written records and photographs left behind by her husband's family, pulling together a history of the Kohrs ranching operation. She made sure the numerous original belongings left here by Conrad and Augusta (financial journals, furnishings, fancy dresses, fine china, fire arms and more) were kept safely together. And finally, it was Nellie that pushed and prodded her husband to contact the National Park Service about acquiring the ranch as a museum. He did so in 1969 and Nellie was able to see her vision become reality when the site was dedicated and opened to the public in 1977.