Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-13
DUDE RANGING
IDEA SPREADING
INTO THE EAST
HILLS OF ATLANTIC SEABOARD
STATES NOW DOTTED WITH
SUCH RESORTS

SUCH RESORTS
The west always will be the true
home of the dude ranch. but fasteners
have taken a page from their western
cousins book and now the hills Of
Atlantic seaboard states are dotted
with dude and CUES. ranches, cater
ing mainly to the weekend cowboy
from Manhattan.
These eastern ranches are for the
most part miniature reproductions, or
nearly so. of the vast spreads their
owners have seen in the west. They
can't compare in size to the ranches
out here of 10000 acres and more, but
some of them do lay claim to being on
the fringe Of the wide open spaces"
with 1000 acres in which their guests
may cavort.
The dude ranches OF the east have
been advertising their facilities more
than ever this year in an effort to
secure guests who are forced to stay
closer to home on their vacations be-
cause Of wartime curtailment In trav-
ell only a few hours from the city"
Is one of the principal attractions Of
fered.
Confusion in Homes
Western ranchers have never in the
past felt that these eastern spreads
hurt their business much; on the other
hand they have rather believed that
they were somewhat of help. Persons
who got a taste Of ranch life In the
east were more likely than not to plan
a later trip to the west where they
could vacation in the real dude ranch
country.
About the only grippe the westerners
have had has been when ranches In
the east adopted names the same or
similar to those of well known west
ern ranches 1t may have been flatter-
ing but it also was confusing, ranchers
say.
The ranches have brought back the
horse and buggy days to the east and
trips between ranches and from ranch
to town have proved to be an attrac-
ton this season.
An eastern newspaper says that
because of war restriction on motor
ing many ranch owners have trained
riding horses to work in single or
double harness and when gasoline
shortages in the summer were handi-
cap to local travel, the ranch horses
we're hitched to vehicles for transport
ing guests to and from the railroad
and bus stations as well as for shop
ping.
"For many, driving is lost art
and the ranches took advantage Of q
good opportunity and started to teach
guests to drive. They have had almost
as enthusiastic response as they hao
for riding horseback, and new form
of recreation has been added to tne
program of ranch life. Horseback rid
ing and all the activities connected
with the working Of real horse ranch
are, Of course, the main attractions tc
most Of the visitors, but the variety
of recreational facilities at many Of
the ranches adds much to the pleasure
of vacationists. Nearby lakes provide
boating and swimming facilities, shoot
ing ranges are always at the disposal
of the guests, and mountainous and
open country assure good hiking ter
ritory.
Real Working Ranches
Some of these holiday resorts for
the city visitor are real working
ranches with hundreds Of acres Of
grazing or general farm land. herds Of
cattle, fine horses of the best western
stock, dozens of farm buildings, big
corrals and all the general business
and atmosphere of a huge going con
oern ranch in the west, and even, IN
some places, longhorn steers for bull
dogging and Brahma calves for rop-
ing. Ranches of this type have already
arranged for reunions of their guests
and dinners on the opening night o,
the Madison Square garden rooeo
One of the most popular of the ranches
only a few miles from New York city
has even reproduced western town
within the last six or eight years
there have been established scores OF
ranches in this part of the country
that give the vacationist most OF the
atmosphere and daily life activity Of
the great ranches of the west, all with
in a few hours journey by train OF
bus or motorcar from the cities in this
area"
Odd people, these Americans. Fol
years and years the east did its bes'
to install some of its culture" II
westerners. Now it's the other way
The east has transplanted some of the
wild and woolly" west into its OWL
backyard.