Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park

ADA Accessibility Notes

Limited accessibility; contact the park for more information.

The Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park is a Douglas County, Nevada, park that is managed by the non-profit Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch. In addition to guided history tours of the Dangberg ranch house (available year-round), the park stages numerous events from May through October, including concerts, Chautauqua, storytellers, speakers and more. Tour reservations are required and can be made by calling the park at 775-783-9417 or writing to info@dangberghomeranch.org.

A schedule of the current season's events is available at dangberghomeranch.org. The park is also available for private rental for weddings, corporate events and other activities.

The Dangberg Home Ranch began as a log cabin surrounded by sagebrush. Today, it tells an essential chapter in Nevada’s ranching history.

The cabin was built in 1857 by German immigrant Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg, Sr., whose success as a rancher created a 37,000-acre operation—one of Carson Valley's largest ranches. Dangberg was also a politician who served three terms in the Nevada state legislature.

As the Dangberg family grew, so did the cabin, and four generations eventually called the Home Ranch “home.” The Dangberg Land and Live Stock Co., a family corporation created in 1902, expanded the family’s holdings to 58,000 acres comprised of cattle and sheep ranches in Douglas County and California’s Alpine County. In 1905, the family founded the town of Minden, and in the next few decades spearheaded the establishment of several cooperative agricultural businesses.

Today, the Dangberg Land and Live Stock Company is gone, but the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park remains to educate and entertain visitors through tours, exhibits and public programs.

Pet Friendly Notes

Pets are discouraged and not permitted at events. Dogs must be leashed at all times.

Time Period Represented

19th and 20th centuries

The park is closed several times each year for private events, and at other times charges an entrance fee for public arts and culture events. Otherwise, it is open seven days-a-week during daylight hours for picnicking, kite flying and similar personal activities; tours by advance reservation only.

Seasons Open

All

Price Style for this Establishment

Inexpensive.

Park admission is free except during special events; a fee applies for the guided ranch house tour (contact the park for current information).