Powell Campground - Lolo, ID
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This morning, we were very near our first stop - The Grant-Kohrs Ranch. At first we thought it might be Sharon and Buzz’s son, Grant Coors’, new home for his senior year, but, alas, no. Apparently, it is a working cattle ranch that was first founded by Johnny Grant in the mid-1860’s, just as the cattle drives from Texas to Montana were first beginning to help feed the hungry miners. Then in 1866, Conrad Kohrs, from Germany (maybe there is a connection to Grant Coors?) purchased the ranch and it has been in the Kohrs family until it became a National Historic Site in 1977 and was donated to the National Park Service to continue as a working ranch. After this excursion, we headed on to Missoula and then on to our wonderful campground on the Lochsa River for the evening…
Grant would love to live on a historic cattle ranch/National park. No relation though. Darn! Coors was spelled Kuhrs when Adolph immigrated to the US. Off by a vowel with Conrad. According to my google search, Adolph and Conrad did have similarities. Both immigrated to the US from Germany as young men and both were very successful businessmen building empires in their respective industries of beer and beef.
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