Carson Valley Buffalo Ranch

A buffalo ranch in the Carson Valley off of Foothill Road north of Genoa. This ranch was known as the James Canyon Ranch, and in the 1960s and 70s it was owned by Harvey Gross of Harvey's Wagon Wheel casino at Lake Tahoe.

Date Uploaded: April 27, 2025

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Source Caption: Harvey's Ranch featured a buffalo enclosure along side Jacks Valley Road, that spanned at least three decades from the 1960's until the 1980's. All this changed after Harvey Gross died in 1983 - - after which this portion of the ranch was sold to a Wisconsin pizza tycoon, and the buffalo disappeared — subsequently a large portion of the ranch property was developed into a golf course and high end housing. Photo taken in August 1968. Scanned from a Kodak Instamatic negative.

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