2 1/2 mi. NE of the Helena-Diamond City Rd., Avalanche Gulch, Montana. County/parish: Broadwater.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 11, 1976. NRIS 76001119.
9 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Rankin Ranch is a historic ranch off Montana Highway 284, north of Townsend in rural Broadwater County, Montana. A National Historic Landmark, it was a longtime summer residence of Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973), whose 1916 election to the United States House of Representatives made her the first woman elected to the House. Her legacy includes a penchant for pacifism, women's rights, and social reform. She served another term from 1941 to 1943 when she was the only member of the House to oppose the declaration of war against Japan in 1941. A small portion of the ranch was designated a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71975564