Welcome to the White Grass Ranch Timeline! Scroll through various important dates about White Grass as a quick guide to its history!
Harold Hammond files for a 160-acre homestead on the west side of the Snake River, north of the JY Ranch. He builds the first structure on his property, a 28’x48’ log house.
Hammond plows and plants 16 acres of oats for grain. Meanwhile, Tucker Bispham who is residing on an adjacent claim cultivates 10 acres of barley.
1916: Hammond increases the 16 acres of oats to 40 acres, and includes barley. Bispham clears and plants 15 acres.
1917: 56 acres are now growing oats and barley.
1917-1919: Harold Hammond enlists and fights in WWI. Bispham clears and plants 20 acres, in addition to watching over Hammond’s claim as well.
1918: Hammond claims 80 acres are now being cultivated. This is probably thanks to Bispham, who remained on the properties while Hammond was away.
1919: The White Grass ranch hosts its first paying guests. It could sleep 10 dudes, between three cabins and a sleeping tent, most likely on Bispham’s property.
1920: Hammond receives the patent for his property. He adds more structures, including a barn, storehouse, bunkhouse and corrals for horses and cattle. Bispham clears and grows 45 acres of alfalfa.
1921: Tucker Bispham files a claim for a 160-acre homestead adjacent to Harold Hammond. He states in his application that he began improvements in 1915. This is also the first documented winter that he spends at the ranch.
1923: Tucker Bispham receives the patent for his property. Both men operated under the same name of White Grass and used the same cattle brand (H quarter circle B), despite owning their parcels individually.
