Schunk Lodge

Schunk Lodge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Big Horn, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°36′47.5″N107°12′44.7″W / 44.613194°N 107.212417°W / 44.613194; -107.212417 (Schunk Lodge)
NRHP reference No.	100001955
Added to NRHP	January 4, 2018 [1]

Schunk Lodge is a log cabin located in a remote section of the Bighorn Mountains. The cabin was used as a mail stage stop and as a dude ranch before it became a mountain cabin for Will Schunk, a conservationist who was instrumental in the establishment of the nearby Cloud Peak Wilderness. ^[2]

Schunk Lodge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in on January 4, 2018. ^[1]

Usage

Schunk Lodge was previously used by The Wilderness Society as a congregative place in nationwide meetings, and was used for the 1957 election of attorney Harvey Broome as their president. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Schunk Lodge". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
3. "Tennessee Man is Wilderness Society Chief". Jackson's Hole Courier. 29 Aug 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 28 May 2023.