Special Events
In addition to our regular summer program, the park sponsors many special events. This page will be updated regularly with information on upcoming events.
December 3, 2005
Victorian Christmas Open House
The elegant Kohrs
family ranch house will be decorated to reflect a Victorian Christmas.
A pianist will play holiday music on the Kohrs piano, and artifacts previously
unseen by the public will be displayed. Activities include house tours,
wagon rides, blacksmithing, children's crafts and activities, and assorted
refreshments. For more information contact the
special events
coordinator.
Draft Horse Play Days
Teamsters and their stock will gather at the historic ranch in Deer Lodge for the annual Montana Draft Horse and Mule Association Play Days. Bring your team or come watch the skill of the handlers as hitched teams pull logs, run an obstacle course, or demonstrate animal-powered equipment. Activities will run Saturday from 10 to 4 and Sunday from 10 to 2. Wagon rides of the old ranch and Deer Lodge will be available Sunday morning, weather permitting. The event is open to all, participant or visitor, at no charge. For more information contact the special events coordinator.
July 9-10, 2005
Western Heritage Days
This annual celebrations hosts a variety of activities and new programs. Cowboy entertainers, saddlemakers, chuckwagon lore, and blacksmithing demonstrations help bring the ranch alive during this weekend festival. For more information contact the special events coordinator. Check out the weekend program agenda.
August 13-14, 2005 (weather permitting)
Haying Demonstration
Come see the historic beaverslide haystacker in operation. We will be having two days of haying demonstrations using draft horses and historic equipment. For more information contact the special events coordinator.
October 30, 2005
Haunted Halloween
Come celebrate Halloween with us. See and hear some of the spookier tales of the ranch! Activities include pumpkin painting, ghost stories told by author Ellen Baumler, evening ghostly house tours, haunted ranch tours with skits performed by local high school drama students, children's activities, refreshments, and weather permitting a bonfire. For more information contact the special events coordinator.