National and State Register

Behrman Ranch

Chaffee County

The Behrman Ranch is a complex of historic resources significant under Criterion A, at the local level of significance in the area of Agriculture from 1919 to 1962, for its association with the Behrman family and the part the played in developing a productive farming property in the Upper Arkansas River Valley. 

Front view of a house on the Behrman Ranch.

The Behrman Ranch.

The Behrman family are a part of a long agricultural tradition that is indicative of the agricultural heritage of the region.  The importance of water, irrigation systems, machinery, livestock, and cooperation with neighbors is apparent when studying the Behrman Ranch.