Yule Ranch
{{short description|Historic ranch}}
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|subdivision_name1 = North Dakota
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|subdivision_name2 = Golden Valley and Slope
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Yule Ranch (now Three V Ranch) is a historic property in Golden Valley and Slope counties in North Dakota, United States.{{cite web | url = https://www.beautifulbadlandsnd.com/the-little-missouri-river-is-a-great-challenge-to-cross | title = The Little Missouri River is a great challenge to cross | work = beautifulbadlandsnd.com | first = Mike | last = Kopp | date = 2019-07-21 | access-date = 2020-03-24}}
Background
Founded in 1883 by John Pender as the JXL Ranch or Yule Ranch,{{Cite web |year=2003 |title=Alex LaSotta entry |url=https://www.northdakotacowboy.com/alex-lasotta |access-date=2020-11-27 |website=North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame}} historically the ranch was a multi-state cattle operation.{{Cite web |title=Open Range Ranching in North Dakota 1870sā1910s |url=https://www.history.nd.gov/hp/PDFinfo/open-range.pdf |website=history.nd.gov |page=46}} After changing hands it was renamed as the VVV Ranch in 1937. The VVV brand had previously been established in 1898 at another ranch. At one time it was home to a small community including a post office bearing the name Yule, a general store, and a stage coach stop. The post office closed in 1910.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Mary Ann Barnes |year=1972 |title=Yule (Slope County) entry |url=http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/api/collection/ndsl-books/id/16860/download |website=Origins of North Dakota Place Names |publisher=McLean County Historical Society |page=201}} Today the ranch raises Angus cattle, grows cash crops, and caters to hunters looking for mule and whitetail deer, coyotes and sharptail grouse. Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed staying at the ranch{{Cite book |last=Hagedorn |first=Hermann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xEEOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA262 |title=Roosevelt in the Bad Lands |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |year=1921 |volume=1 |page=262|isbn=9780722288740 }} and conducted one of his last bison hunting excursions there.{{Cite web |date=2006-08-02 |title=Ranch Favored by Roosevelt is a Cowboy Hall Inductee |url=https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/1691345-ranch-favored-roosevelt-cowboy-hall-inductee |publisher=The Dickinson Press}}{{Cite web |year=2006 |title=VVV Ranch ā Weinreis Brothers entry |url=https://www.northdakotacowboy.com/vvv-ranch |website=North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame}}
Three V Crossing
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|image = Three V Crossing, North Dakota.jpg
|caption = Three V Crossing
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|carries = Vvv Road
|crosses = Little Missouri River
|locale = Slope County, North Dakota. GNIS feature ID 1035208{{cite gnis|1035208|Three V Crossing}}
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A major landmark on the ranch is Three V Crossing, a low-water crossing on the Little Missouri River {{convert|19.1|mi|km}} north-northeast of Marmarth and {{convert|27|mi|km}} northwest of Amidon{{Cite web |date=1996-12-16 |title=Slope (newspaper clipping} |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47947235 |website=The Bismarck Tribune}} within the Little Missouri National Grassland in an unorganized part of Slope County in T. 135 N R. 105 W.{{Cite web |title=Slope County Map |url=https://www.dot.nd.gov/docs/maps/base-maps/counties/slope.pdf |website=ND DOT website}}
The construction of the crossing was jointly funded by the National Forest Service program and the county.{{Cite web |date=2002-01-03 |title=Golden Valley Board of County Commissioners Minutes |url=http://www.goldenvalleycounty.org/files/2002.doc |pages=5 and 21}} It is part of Forest Development Road (FDR) 7741.{{Cite web |title=Interactive map of Three V Crossing |url=https://www.fs.fed.us/ivm/index.html?minx=-11561047&miny=5862088&maxx=-11554731&maxy=5866197&exploremenu=no |website=Forest Service}} Water underneath passes through concrete box culverts.{{Cite web |date=2008-07-22 |title=Transcript of Alternatives Public Workshop |url=https://www.billingscountynd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/160/Bismarck-transcript-July-22-2008-PDF |website=Little Missouri River Crossing Environmental Impact Statement |page=17}} Access across the Missouri River is unreliable when waters are high.{{Cite web |last=Kopp |first=Mike |date=2015-10-01 |title=No Bridge no problem Just Drive Across the Little Missouri River |url=https://www.beautifulbadlandsnd.com/no-bridge-no-problem-just-drive-across-the-little-missouri-river |website=beautifulbadlandsnd.com}}
On the east side of the crossing, a geological layer known as the Rhame Bed is characterized by having yellowish sand, with very pale green material underneath.{{Cite book |last=Wehrfritz |first=Barbara D. |url=https://commons.und.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1317&context=theses |title=The Rhame bed (Slope Formation, Paleocene), a silcrete and deep weathering profile, in southwestern North Dakota |year=1978 |page=52 |type=M.S. Thesis}}
See also
References
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Category:Buildings and structures in Slope County, North Dakota
Category:Ranches in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Golden Valley County, North Dakota