PPLD Digital Collections

A single-story wood-frame ranch house, shed and barn are situated off a dirt road. The Banning Lewis Ranch land use map locates this National Ranch Headquarters near present-day Woodmen Road just west of Falcon. 1

Aerial view of animals walking on trails through open land to small lake. 1

Aerial view of cattle in field. 1

An outbuilding constructed on the Mohl family ranch to house their weaving and book businesses. 1

Cattle being herded on trail past log fences with ranch buildings and hills in background. Photo identified on back as "Bob Matag's million acre Empire Valley Ranch in B.C., Canada." 1

Cattle grazing among 8 cadillacs buried head-down in ground in field with farmhouses visible in background. 1

Cattle in corrals at the 25,000 acre Turkey Track Ranch east of Fountain owned by Colorado Springs banker J.D. (Jasper) Ackerman. 1

Cattle in stream. 1

Cattle in the fields of Turkey Track Ranch east of Fountain owned by Colorado Springs banker J.D. (Jasper) Ackerman 1

Cattle in the fields of Turkey Track Ranch east of Fountain owned by Colorado Springs banker J.D. (Jasper) Ackerman. A cowboy on horseback can be seen in the background. 1

Cattle next to a windmill and watering station at Turkey Track Ranch east of Fountain owned by Colorado Springs banker J.D. (Jasper) Ackerman. Three cowboys on horseback are in the background. 1

Cattle on open range with hills in background. 1

Cattle standing on the open range on the Pring Ranch. 1

Corral in Manitou Park with herd of cattle and men branding. 1

Cowboy herds cattle in the Bell pasture on Banning-Lewis Ranch. View of Pikes Peak in the distance. 1

Cowboy on horseback, aided by two dogs, herds cattle on snowy road past pole fence and snow-covered field. Photo identified on back as "Bob Matag's million acre Empire Valley Ranch in B.C., Canada." 1

Cowboy watching over cattle in a fenced pasture on the Wilson Ranch. Trees beyond the pasture partially hiding ranch buildings on the right. Pikes Peak and Rampart Range in the background. 1

Cowboy, identified on back as Bob Hilkey, ferrier, near Craig, Colorado, next to horse with log cabin in background. 1

Cowboys carrying bridles and tack approaching horses on open range. Different copy of print identified as "Clark Hanna, immediate foreground." "Saddling up at dawn on a ranch in the eastern plains of Colorado." 1

Cowboys holding cow being branded. Corral and windmill visible in background. 1

Deteriorating barn made of a combination of corrugated metal and wood with adjacent sheds, corrals and wooden hay racks and a ranch house in the background. 1

Full page spread with five images. Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on April 14, 1988 on page 270. 1

Grassland with the north slope of Pikes Peak and foothills in the background identified as part of the Banning-Lewis Ranch. 1

Group of people in front of log building with wooden fence. Sign over door reads "Welty's Half Way House Meals 25 cents. Stableing [sic] Hay & Grain." Note on back reads "Welty Ranch on Fourmile." 1

Herd of cattle grazing on plains with foothills and mountains behind. 1

Herd of horses in the foreground with a large barn in the background. Printed on front "Dr. F. W. Buck's Ranch near Flagler Colo." 1

Hereford calf with sheep in pens at Banning Lewis Ranch. 1

Hereford cattle grazing in pasture in front of barn, residence and out buildings of the Pring Ranch. The ranch was located east of Colorado Springs. Camerons Cone and Pikes Peak seen in the background. 1

Hertha and Leo Mohl watch their son Dick feed a calf while son Bob holds the calf still on their ranch in Husted, Colorado. This location now hosts the Air Force Academy. 1

Hertha and Leo Mohl with their dog, Spotty, and a calf on their ranch/dairy farm in Husted, north of Colorado Springs 1

Hillside with contour plowing. Note on back reads "Jimmy's Camp Ranch - Fall of 1935. Terracing for soil conservation." Additional note reads "These terraces almost invisible in fall of 1955." 1

Holly, Bent County, Colo. 1

Horses grazing on hillside above corral fence with mountains in background. 1

Hundreds of sheep in wooden pens near Hugo, Colorado, await shearing as several men sit on the wooden rails. 1

Kirk Hanna, age 7, on a horse. The photo appeared in "The Little Wrangler" by Nancy Wood. 1

Kirk Hanna, age 7, working with cattle in a corral at the Hanna Ranch in Hanover, Colorado. The photo appeared in "Little Wrangler" by Nancy Wood. 1

Large clock of sheep standing in corral in front of wooden barn buildings. Photo identified on back. 1

Line of men in work clothes posing in front of ranch house. Several of the men wear coveralls. Note on back reads "Head Ranch, Jefferson, Colo. C. 1914. Father-in-law ranch (first husband was Arch Head.)" 1

Log buildings alongside corral and snow-covered ground with wooden barn in background and mountains behind. 1

Lone man riding horse through hilly countryside. 1

Long view of Banning-Lewis Ranch home and outbuildings nestled among groves of trees. Yucca plants are in the foreground and Pikes peak is barely visible in the haze in the distance. 1

Long view of ranch buildings with cattle in fenced fields in foreground. Reversed image reading "O.N.T." is on bottom of print. 1

Longhorn steer on plain with other cattle behind. Note on front reads "Longhorn Hereford Steer. Colorado Eastern Plains." 1

Looking southwest toward Cheyenne Mountain, cattle standing by fence in pasture. Photo identified as Banning-Lewis Ranch. 1

Low aerial view of ranch buildings and corrals surrounded by tilled fields. 1

Man approaching roped cow tied to saddlehorn of horse in corral. Small wooden building to the right and rail fence is in background. Photo identified on back as "Clark Hanna Ranch, Seven Bar L. Calf pulling #1 in sequence. Beginning of forced birth." 1

Man carrying newborn colt on horseback through snowy fields. Man identified as George "Shorty" Rudolph Murray. 1

Man on horseback herding one steer through rangeland past cliffs and river. Photo identified on back as "Bob Matag's million acre Empire Valley Ranch in B.C., Canada" 1

Man on horseback moving small herd of cattle behind barbed wire fence. Note on back reads "On Edgar Kent Fowler farm 6 1/2 miles northeast of Cheyenne Wells, CO. John Clinton Fowler bringing cows in from open range." 1

Mounted men with roped cattle among trees with men on foot watching in the rear. Men on horseback are identified on back as Charlie Herder, Ed Pugh, Carl Albin (on burro), Abe Hackman, Bill Saunders, Louis Spielman. 1

Mutual Inquiries - Have you seen any Oxen branded S?" 1

Open fields with forested hillside beyond, identified as the Banning-Lewis Ranch. 1

Photographer Myron Wood takes a photo from the corner of a ranch corral. Rope and jean jacket hang on fencing. Throughout his fifty year career, Wood was recognized as an exceptional documentary photographer of the American Southwest. 1

Pond in the foreground with a barn, corrals and sheds in the background in an area with large trees. 1

Postcard of gates to Banning-Lewis Ranch with hanging sign reading "Banning-Lewis Ranches." "Greetings Ruth & Raymond W. Lewis" printed at bottom of image. 1

Printed on front "Ranch near Monte Vista, Colo." 1

Ranch buildings and corrals with windmill in foreground and hills in background. 1

Ranch buildings in foreground with snow-covered hills and trees behind. 1

Roped longhorn being held in corral while man with branding iron approaches. Other cattle watch in rear. 1

Ruth Banning-Lewis (far right) with ranch hands eat lunch at Banning-Lewis ranch. To their left is a large hay truck, scattered cattle in the background. The grill of a 1940 Buick automobile is visible parked behind the hay truck. 1

Ruth Banning-Lewis [third from left] with cowboys at Banning-Lewis Ranch. Windmill and cattle in the background. 1

Scrubby grass of Banning-Lewis Ranch with Cheyenne Mountain and Pikes Peak in the distance. 1

Several geese standing in small rectangular pond in yard with wooden buildings around. Small building visible by itself in distance. Note on back reads "Clifford ranch. Schoolhouse in distance." 1

Sheep and lambs on open plains with man standing behind. Photo identified on back as sheep at Clifford, Colorado. 1

Shetland ponies on a ranch near Roswell, a community just north of Colorado Springs. 1

Six cowboys herding cattle on the Pring Ranch. A small watering hole is seen in the foreground. 1

Small boy on horseback watching herd of cattle behind barbed-wire fence. Windmill and ranch buildings are visible in background. Kirk Hanna 1

Small boy wearing cobwoy hat practicing roping a log with cow horns. Farm buildings and a windmill are in background. Horse tied under tree is at right. 1

Small earth dam and reservoir in contour-plowed pastureland on Banning-Lewis Ranch, with Pikes Peak in distance. Photo identified on back as "Pasture terraces and dam taken from Jimmy's Camp Bluff." 1

Small living room with large upright piano and rocking chair in front. Pictures and ornaments hang on walls and stand on top of piano. Note on back reads "Parlor in first ranch house at Clifford 1900." 1

Small log and wood buildings surrounded by rail fences with mountains behind. 1

Snapshot of mounted man with small herd of cattle on the plains. 1

Snapshot showing five mounted men and one on foot studying cattle in a corral on the plains, Pring Ranch . 1

The Mohl family delivers hay to cows in a field at their ranch in what is now Rockrimmon. Two cows can be seen at the back of the vehicle. 1

Three men on horseback driving cattle through hills and mountains. Photo identified on back as "Bob Matag's million acre Empire Valley Ranch in B.C., Canada." 1

Two cowboys herding about 20 Pring Ranch cows on the prairie northeast of Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak can be seen in the background. 1

Two cowboys relaxing on horseback while a third approaches. A herd of cattle is visible in the hills in the background. 1

Two cowboys riding through scrub land in a light snowfall. 1

Two men on foot and one on horseback watch a dog digging in open field with ranch buildings in background. 1

Very large barn building with three metal-roofed silos and dormer windows. 1

View of Banning Lewis Ranch complex with Hereford cattle behind a fence, a large house with an adjacent pond, and several other houses, bungalows and out buildings seen among the trees. Tree-covered rolling hills are in the background. 1

View of Banning-Lewis Ranch complex among the trees with forested mountain foothills in the distance. The complex consists of several homes and bungalows and an area with several barns and numerous out buildings. 1

View of Pring Ranch with cattle in the foreground, Residence and farm buildings in the middle ground and Pikes Peak, Camerons Cone and Ute Pass in the background. 1

View of a building constructed on the Mohl family ranch for their two businesses The Book Home and Master Weavers of America. 1

View of low wooden house with picket fence in front and windmill behind. Photo identified on back. 1

Windmill on eastern plains of Colorado. 1

Windmill with adjacent metal water tank on the plains silhouetted against dramatically lit clouds. 1

Wooden barn and fence with horse standing behind. Top of windmill is visible in background. 1