Last updated: April 9, 2021
Place
Murie Residence
In 1945 the Murie families jumped at the opportunity to purchase this ranch from Buster and Frances Estes. Buster was a local cowboy while Frances came from a wealthy Philadelphia family. She first came to Jackson Hole as a guest at the Bar B C Dude Ranch where Buster worked.. Olaus and Mardy moved to the ranch one year later and lived in the Alatna cabin before purchasing the adjacent Woodbury home in 1947. The STS Ranch provided accommodations for many gatherings of the Wilderness Society during Olaus' leadership and provided a home base for writers and activists. With numerous cabins from the dude ranch days, every summer saw many guests, relatives and friends. As Mardy observed: "every conservationist or fiend of a conservationist came to stay."