Historic Dangberg Home Ranch Tour

Come for a docent-led tour of the Historic Dangberg Home Ranch and for those who'd like, we can go to Minden Meat & Deli for lunch after.

COST: The cost is $10 per person payable to the docent. See below for information about the Historic Home Ranch. Port a pottys are available.

This tour is limited to 10 people, so PLEASE keep your RSVP updated to date, so others have the opportunity to attend if you cannot.

LOCATION: The park is located at 1450 Highway 88, just west of Minden, NV. The entrance is about ¾ mile south of the roundabout at the intersection of County Road with Highway 88.
There is a brown road sign on SR-88. The site is far back from the road. You'll turn immediately after the bridge onto a long gravel road. The park is surrounded by a private cattle ranch, so proceed to the large white house. You'll go straight and park in the lot behind the house.

The Home Ranch

Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg was only eighteen when he came to America in 1848. He came west in 1853, where he built a log cabin, cleared and irrigated his claim, and married Margaret Ferris, the daughter of a notable American family. A self-made man, his hard work, foresight, and leadership lead to prosperity and influence. The cabin grew into a house as Heinrich and Maggie raised five children who eventually inherited one of the largest ranches in western Nevada. In 1902, the family formed the Dangberg Land & Live Stock Co. and over the next few decades the ranch expanded to almost 50,000 acres supporting cattle and sheep, vegetable crops and other products. In 1905, the family founded the town of Minden and there, by themselves or in partnership with others, established several businesses focused on agriculture, banking, and a hotel. Today, the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park preserves this fascinating chapter in Nevada’s history. Nevada’s elite once passed through the doors of the Dangberg Home Ranch, and now you’re invited to visit, too.

Four generations of Dangbergs lived at the Home Ranch, and they each help in understanding the changes that occur in the histories of American ranching families. They also left a fascinating collection of artifacts, photographs and documents dating from the early 19th century all the way to 1990. Many of these connect with daily life in Carson Valley, and many others show the family’s private lives.