The landscapes and vistas behind that heart-stopping action on Yellowstone are so beautiful you may wonder if a place like that really exists or if it’s the product of a crafty computer programmer armed with amazing special effects software. Believe it or not, the stunning scenery portrayed as the Dutton family ranch is the real-life Chief Joseph Ranch. That’s right! Yellowstone is filmed at the Chief Joseph Ranch in Darby, Montana.
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Stay at the Yellowstone Ranch! Everything You Need to Know About the Real-Life Chief Joseph Ranch
MARCH 24, 2022 - 12:08 PM - 0 COMMENTS
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K.L. Connie Wang
By K.L. CONNIE WANG @BeTheBuddha
If you’re like the rest of us, you’re doing anything and everything to pass the days while we impatiently wait for season 5 of Yellowstone. Another thing a lot of folks are doing is planning a much-needed summer vacation. And here’s the perfect opportunity for you to combine your love of travel and Yellowstone: a stay at the real-life ranch where the Kevin Costner-led Paramount series is filmed.
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Where is Yellowstone filmed?
The landscapes and vistas behind that heart-stopping action on Yellowstone are so beautiful you may wonder if a place like that really exists or if it’s the product of a crafty computer programmer armed with amazing special effects software. Believe it or not, the stunning scenery portrayed as the Dutton family ranch is the real-life Chief Joseph Ranch. That’s right! Yellowstone is filmed at the Chief Joseph Ranch in Darby, Montana.
Read on for everything you need to know about the Chief Joseph Ranch, including how you can spend a night.
Who was Chief Joseph?
Chief Joseph was a noted orator and chief of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce tribe. He led his people across the ranch in his flight from the U.S. Army during the Nez Perce War in the summer of 1877.
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How did the ranch become known as the Chief Joseph Ranch? The 2,500-acre ranch property was homesteaded by settlers in 1880 when it became known as the Shelton ranch. In 1914, glass tycoon William S. Ford and Federal Judge Howard Clark Hollister bought the property and called it, appropriately, the Ford and Hollister Ranch. They began building what would become “one of the great log structures of the American West,” the Ford-Hollister Lodge. After completing their work, the main lodge was a jaw-dropping 6,000 square feet. After William Ford died, Mrs. May Ford and her daughters Phyllis and Billie Ann, opened and operated one of the first guest ranches in the West. Then, in the early 1950s, the Ford and Hollister Ranch was sold and renamed the Chief Joseph Ranch, in honor of the great Nez Perce chief and his journey through the property.