Ranch Marketing Associates

Just outside of the town of Chugwater, once the headquarters of the legendary Swan Land and Cattle Company, is this charming 268-acre getaway ranch. Situated on Chugwater Flats above town, the ranch has several draws that lead down to grass meadows providing interesting views and topography. Currently running a small herd of cattle and horses, the ranch has a 1,700 sq. ft. home with two bedrooms, two baths with in-floor radiant heat and an attached 3-stall horse barn with Nelson automatic waterers, heated tack room and office and, on the southwest end, an attached two-car garage. Other improvements include a 40' x 64' hay building, two 12' x 64' open loafing sheds, cattle pens and a horse corral. In addition, the ranch has three wells, four outside double waterers for livestock, is fenced and cross-fenced with additional fencing around the improvements and has abundant acreage for grazing. The ranch is 40 miles north of Cheyenne with convenient access to Interstate 25.

Location:
Triangle 51 Ranch is located in southwestern Wyoming in the small farming and ranching community of Chugwater - rich in western culture and history and named after the English translation of the Indian term, "water at the place where the buffalo chug". With year-round convenient access via I-25, Triangle 51 Ranch is a 2 1/2 hour drive north of Denver, 40 minutes north of Cheyenne and 30 minutes south of Wheatland. Platte County's Guernsey Reservoir State Park and Glendo State Park are within driving distances of Triangle 51 Ranch providing thousands of acres of camping, hiking, biking and riding trails and 62 public lakes and reservoirs for thousands of more acres for fishing, boating, skiing and other water sports activities. Chugwater rests at an elevation of 5,300 ft. and has a mild climate with an average low temperature of 35 degrees, an average high temperature of 75, average annual rainfall of 13" and average annual snowfall of 41". Triangle 51 Ranch is close to amenities for comfortable full-time living with hospitals and medical clinics, public and private schools, grocery and retail shopping, dining and lodging, local government offices and more all within a 45-minute drive.

Improvements:
Home: The residence and barn are combined under one roof in a unique, custom barn-home design allowing for close and convenient access to and from either the barn or the residence. The L-shaped barn-home is post and beam construction with white steel siding, a green steel roof and features two wings - one is the 1,700 sq. ft. residence with a covered wrap-around porch, two bedrooms and two bathrooms with an attached two-car garage and the other wing features the equestrian facilities. The home has an exterior entrance off the living room and an entrance from the barn's alley where you first enter into the home's laundry/mud room which features a deep utility sink, knotty pine cabinets and plenty of space for an extra freezer or refrigerator. From the home's laundry/mud room, you enter into the 17' x 18' kitchen which opens to the living room. Accented in a western motif, the home is comfortable with matching, black-braid light fixtures throughout and a matching ceiling fan in the living room. The kitchen and dining area have slate floors and feature a window over the sink, knotty-pine custom cabinets with euro-hinges, side-by-side refrigerator with in-door water and ice, and a pot rack which hangs over the island/breakfast bar. The home features radiant in-floor heating, 12" x 12" ceramic tile in the bathrooms and carpet in the bedrooms. The living room faces southeast with two windows that offer plenty of warm light and features knotty-pine wainscoating with a built-in bookcase and TV console. From the living room, a door leads into an attached, oversized 30' x 30' two-car garage with a 220 outlet and a 200 amp panel.

Horse Barn: Both the residence and barn are combined under one roof in a unique, custom barn-home design allowing for close and convenient access to and from either facility. The alley of the barn separates the home from the equestrian facilities. The barn features two 12' x 12' box stalls and a 12' x 24' foaling stall; each with its own heated Nelson automatic waterer. In addition, the barn includes an enclosed 11' x 12' heated tack room with concrete floors, wood walls, electrical outlets, and overhead fluorescent lighting and an 11' x 12' heated office with concrete floors, wood walls, electrical outlets, overhead fluorescent lighting, a west facing window and is the termination point for the cat 5 computer network cabling that runs throughout the house. The ranch also includes a tall (stacker wagon capable) 40' x 64' hay building, two loafing sheds with automatic heated waterers and is completely fenced with 4-strand barbed wire.

Utilities:
Wheatland REA provides electricity, Wheatland Co-op provides propane, Chugwater Telephone Company provides DSL and telephone service, Vista Beam provides wireless Internet service, Dish TV provides satellite television and the property has its own well and septic system.

Real Estate Taxes for 2007: $1,162.96

Wyoming - Platte County - Chugwater