The Nachtrieb-Kelly Ranch, also known as Maxwell Ranch, near Buena Vista, Colorado, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
It is a historic cattle and hay ranch with 24 identified resources, including three pioneer log buildings. It is located south-southwest of Buena Vista. With 46 photos from 2016, and eight historic figures.
A property on Maxwell Creek was homesteaded by Charles Nachtrieb in 1876. It was expanded to by the early 1900s, and remained in the Nachtrieb family until 1936. The ranch has held grazing rights to a large area of adjacent public lands. After two other owners, it was acquired by the Kelly family in 1951, and a portion was eventually sold off, and the Kelly family continued to operate it in 2017.
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