Ranch Tour coming to Encampment

The Laramie Kiwanis Club’s Annual Old Time Ranch Tour of 2013 is headed to Encampment this year, with hopes of giving participants a better visual idea of Platte Valley ranch history.

For the 2013 tour, participants meet their guides at the turnoff from Highway 127 to Highway 125 in Colorado, which is west of Woods Landing, north of Walden and south of Encampment. The turnoff is close to the Colorado/Wyoming state border and almost halfway between Encampment and Laramie.

From there, the tour heads to Big Creek Ranch, where Mark Dunning will tell about the ranch and its history. Next, the tour...