Keys Ranch
35 photos from Keys Ranch on Starbuck.org.
You will meet the ranger here, then drive to the parking area.
This additional sign at the meeting area shows the ranch layout.
The main ranch house.
Willys Jeep and trailer.
The house started as a small cabin; note the abandoned well.
Windmill, machine shop and water tank.
Inside the machine shop.
There are hundreds of salvaged items in here.
Adobe mixing machine and trailer.
Irrigated field with old plow.
Derrick used to build a retaining wall around the house.
At the rear of the ranch house, a beautiful stone chimney and evaporative cooler.
Storehouse and museum.
A look inside...
Bill's firewood sawmill, incorporating a 1917 Fordson tractor.
A rabbit hutch? 1938 "Guest House" in the background.
Old wagons; the chicken coop; the Guest House.
Tack house (two old cyanide vats!) and the 1959 Disney filming shed.
The chicken coupe.
Blower, stoves, farm equipment. Guest House in background.
The yard has become an outdoor museum.
Concrete mixer; old automobiles.
Old automobiles.
Well drilling rig frame.
Rare 1922 Mack truck.
Note the solid rubber tires, chain drive, and sliding door.
You name it, it's here!
Three pallets of spare parts.
This may be the largest and finest arrastra existing in the desert today.
Ore cars and rails.
The one-stamp mill acquired in 1924 is in beautiful condition.
Fairbanks Morse jaw crusher and mill drive machinery.
A large trommel, used to break up and separate ore.