Visited: Tuesday, July 12, 2016
One of the things I love about the NPS is the variety of the units; Grant-Kohrs is a working ranch - it was transferred to the NPS as such, after well over 100 years as an active ranch, surviving from the days of open ranching to the 1970s. But by being turned over intact, one of the most interesting aspects of the site is that _all_ of the furniture is original. I'm used to having a piece or two, or maybe even a handful, being pointed out as being authentic; here, there's _nothing_ to point out as being a reproduction or being from the right era - except for the step stool chair, where a duplicate was made for demonstration purposes - and then the original is pointed out.
Grant-Kohrs is a very nice site, and well worth visiting if travelling near Butte, but unless fascinated by open range ranching, probably not worth going out of the way for.
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