The historic Broadacres Ranch was first homesteaded in 1891, when Creede was still a wild silver mining town, inhabited by the likes of Calamity Jane, Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson. The ice tongs that are the Ranch's brand date back to these same bold times, when the Broadacres supplied ice to the nearby saloons and hotels (including the legendary big Watrous Saloon, owned by Bat Masterson). During the winter months, huge ice blocks were cut from the Ranch's largest lake, Broadacres Lake, and stored with hay bales and sawdust in an ice house near the barn.

This ice house, along with the original Ranch buildings still exist today. The beautiful big green open barn was built by Arthur Broadhead, who in 1918, married Elsie Grant, daughter of the original Ranch homesteader John Grant. The Grants had immigrated from near Glasgow, Scotland, and for awhile the Ranch was known as Glenmora.

In November of 1998, the spectacular Broadacres Ranch was purchased by a family of fly fishing and outdoors enthusiasts. They immediately began to rebuild and restore many of the Ranch's buildings, carefully maintaining their historic architecture while endowing them with modern conveniences and luxurious furnishings. Extensive trout habitat improvement has been in progress for the last 3 years, as is more fully described in the Fishing section. The end results are first class accommodations with the look and feel of the Old West, and fly fishing to rival that offered anywhere in the U.S.

Recognition of the Ranch's quality was confirmed by receipt of the Orvis endorsement in the Fall of 2000....and we're not done yet.

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