The Carney Ranch Cora, Wyoming
The Carney Ranch CORA, WYOMING Fly Fishing | Hunting | Ranching | Conservation The Carney Ranch CORA, WYOMING Introduction: When Author Otis Carney purchased the first piece of the Carney Ranch in 1963, it looked much like it does today. In his book, New Lease On Life, he describes the first time he saw the ranch and its surrounding beauty. “Then, to the east, the Wind River Mountains began to rise, and the Bridger Wilderness within them. The range was a massive upthrust of granite battlements, turrets, and three peaks rising over 13,000 feet, the highest in the state. Even in July there were still patches of snow on the mountains; the streams we passed over were crystal-clear and flooding out onto the hay meadows... Alex Maher, Owner/Broker John Merritt, Associate Broker Terry Fieseler, Associate Broker Andrew Coulter, Sales Associate Toll Free: 866.734.6100 www.LiveWaterProperties.com ...This area, I knew, rarely went dry. Locked in that spine of mountains, which was over a hundred miles long, were uncounted thousands of lakes...Tucked into the west slope were the lakes and streams that created the headwaters of the Green...Here armies of lodgepole pine marched into shadowy canyons, forming basin after basin, then softening into pale aspen forests clustered on the lower slopes. These trailed off into russet willow loops which meandered along the Green... The country was superb: green rich grass, pocks of water, streams. We lifted over a crest, and in the valley below, with the river snaking through it, lay the ranch.” (pages 43-44) www.LiveWaterProperties.com Ranch Location: The legacy Carney Ranch is located in the scenic, tightly-held Upper Green River valley in northwestern Wyoming.
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