Swan Land & Cattle Company, Manager's House, State Route 313, Chugwater, Platte County, WY

Significance: Originally the ranch house on Thomas Maxwell's Wyoming homestead, this structure became the seat of activity for the Swan Land and Cattle Company soon after its incorporation in 1883 and the residence of its manager. The immense cattle enterprise was engineered by Alexander Hamilton Swan, a pioneer and innovator in the breeding and raising of cattle. Swan's company was among the largest and most important operations of the American Range Cattle Industry.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19, FN-20, FN-21

Survey number: HABS WY-71-C

Building/structure dates: ca. 1876 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: ca. 1884 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: ca. 1903 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000760

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1903

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