The Esponda Ranch is just minutes from the Historic Downtown area of Buffalo, founded in 1879 by homesteaders, Cattle Ranchers, and Miners, due to the establishment of Fort McKinney in 1877. Buffalo was not named for the animal, but Buffalo, New York, hometown of one early settler, Alvin J. McCray. By 1883, there were a dozen saloons in town, no Churches and an old Buffalo trail down Main Street. Buffalo claims the distinction of having housed the oldest County Fair in the State in 1877.

The Johnson County War between the Open Range Ranchers and Homesteaders, erupted in the late 1880’s. Many notable celebrity folks were know to stay in Downtown Buffalo, from the likes of guests like Owen Whister – Author of the Virginian, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Tom Horn, Teddy Roosevelt, and Calamity Jane. Just 30 minutes to the North, Sheridan was becoming well known as the Equestrian Center of the World, supplying Horses to the British Military, and playing host to the first ever Polo Games ever played in the United States.

It is the historic foundation of Horses, Mountains, Scenery, and Unprecedented Water Rights and Surface Minerals that make the Esponda Ranch one of the most exciting properties to come to market in years. Excellent Hay production, phenomenal Water Rights, unprecedented Development potential; located in Central Wyoming steeped in authentic history, not to mention the breath taking back drop of the Big Horn Mountain Range; bordering the town of Buffalo, Interstate I-25 and 30 minutes South of the home of Polo (Sheridan); which when combined, make this 1,329+/- acre land Investment one for the ages.