Circle Ranch

The Circle Ranch, also known as the R.L. Miller Ranch has been continuously operated as a working cattle ranch for more than 100 years. Located in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States, it was first occupied as a homestead by Otto Liefer between 1878 and 1880. Liefer sold his claim to James Mickelson in 1895, who developed the ranch into one of the largest ranching operations in the area. The ranch has remained in the Mickelson family ever since.^[2][3]

Circle Ranch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Sublette County, Wyoming, USA
Nearest city	Big Piney, Wyoming
Coordinates	42°31′19″N 110°10′49″W
Area	3.8 acres (1.5 ha)
Built	1878
Architect	Leifer, Otto; Mickelson, James
NRHP reference No.	87000778[1]
Added to NRHP	May 14, 1987

The cottonwood log Liefer cabin remains standing, along with a cabin built about the same time by Nicolas Swan. Together, they are the oldest permanent structures standing in Sublette County. The early cabins are surrounded by ranch buildings built by the Mickelson-Miller family, including a 1905 ranch house. By 1915 Mickelsons' holdings in the area amounted to 20,000 acres (8,100 ha), with 6000 cattle.^[2][3]

The Circle Ranch was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]