Triple U Buffalo Ranch
The Triple U Buffalo Ranch is a {{convert|50000|acre|adj=on}} ranch in northern Stanley County, South Dakota. Formerly known as Standing Butte Ranch, it was used for location shooting in the 1990 movie Dances With Wolves{{cite book|last=Fanselow|first=Julie|title=Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmeD7zCK0PsC&pg=PA87|year=2007|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-4437-4|page=87}} and TNT's 1994 film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. The ranch runs a closed herd of about 2,000 bison and offers trophy hunts for bison as well as several other indigenous species.
The ranch was owned by L. Roy Houck.{{Cite news|last=Spomer|first=Ron|date=September 5, 1991|title=It May Have Been Kevin Costner's Movie, But Those 'Extras' Who Rampaged Across The Plains in 'Dances' Belonged To Roy Houck. Dances With Buffalo |url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/it-may-have-been-kevin-costners-movie-but-those-extras-who-rampaged-across-the-plains/article_77272e48-c0aa-5439-b651-c94cf3a99b6d.html|access-date=2021-02-26|work=The Lewiston Tribune|language=en}} Ted Turner purchased the ranch in 2015.{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Stephen|date=September 28, 2015|title=Ted Turner buys famed Triple U Ranch|url=https://www.capjournal.com/news/ted-turner-buys-famed-triple-u-ranch/article_3134cc2a-665b-11e5-b0f3-87d514cffb6c.html|access-date=2021-02-26|work=Capital Journal|language=en}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060502133152/http://www.tripleuranch.com/htm/dances_with_wolves.shtml Historical web site with movie references]
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Category:Ranches in South Dakota
Category:Buildings and structures in Stanley County, South Dakota