Welcome to The Double Helix Ranch

The Double Helix Ranch is the home of DHR Irrigation and Supply, LLC and Field Pro Services, LLC

• DHR Irrigation and Supply, LLC provides the answer to all of your irrigation and haying needs, from pivots and side rolls to certified weed-free hay.
• Field Pro Services, LLC specializes in agricultural herbicide, pesticide and rodenticide application.
  

The Double Helix Ranch is located on the Upper North Bank of the Little Goose Creek, South of Sheridan, near Big Horn Wyoming.  The ranch has been owned and operated by the Lindemann family since 1972.  From 1972 until 2002 it was operated as a commercial cattle ranch.  Since then, it has been a local and regional source for commercial weed and pest free premium hay.  Specifically, this premium quality hay is grown, harvested and stored to ensure the highest possible quality hay for horse feed.  Currently, the raising and selling of high-quality, premium horse hay continues under the direction of the second generation of the Lindemann family.  Additional operations of the Double Helix Ranch include custom hay operations focused in the local vicinity, selling irrigation equipment and supplies, weed and pest spraying, and selling landscaping and masonry river rock.

The Double Helix Ranch is located in an area of great historical interest.  Sheridan, Wyoming was founded by J.D. Loucks and incorporated in 1884. Mr. Loucks named the town after one of his Civil War commanders, General Phillip Sheridan, of the Union Calvary. The town was established during the cattle boom by aristocratic cattle barons. The lifestyle of these early residents is reflected in such places as the Bradford Brinton Memorial Museum, the Kendrick Mansion and the Sheridan Inn.  The Sheridan Inn was where Buffalo Bill Cody held auditions for his Wild West Show.  Before the town was established, the area was the prized hunting grounds of the Plains Indians including the Crow, Arapahoe, Cheyenne and the Lakota Sioux.  It was also where Chiefs Red Cloud and Crazy Horse fought against the white man to protect their source of sustenance.  With its location near the Bozeman Trail, Sheridan was surrounded by several battle sites between the Indians and white men, most of which were within 35 miles of town.  These included Fort Phil Kearny, Fetterman Battle, Wagon Box Fight, and the Little Bighorn Battlefield. 

Just West of the Bozeman Trail, along the valley of the Little Goose Creek, the town of Big Horn, Wyoming was established in 1882 near a military cut-off route of the Bozeman Trail, which was used from 1866 to 1868 to cross the Little Goose Creek. The history of Big Horn has been linked to members of the James Gang as well as The Hole-In-The-Wall Gang (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’s gang) who visited the local saloons, hotels and brothels. The first settler in the Big Horn area was Oliver Perry Hanna. Mr. Hanna was an adventurer, prospector, buffalo hunter, and Indian fighter who built a cabin on Hanna Creek in 1878. He participated in the massive buffalo hide harvest that wiped out the buffalo on the northern plains. After the buffalo became scarce, Mr. Hanna purchased seed and a plow in Fort Laramie, and returned to his homestead in Big Horn, thereby becoming the first farmer in what would become Sheridan County. He also operated the Oriental Hotel directly across the street from the Big Horn Mercantile for many years.  At one time Big Horn had nearly 1,000 residents and was home to a college, a brick factory, a newspaper, two churches, a hotel, a livery barn, two saloons, and a mercantile. Today Big Horn’s population is about 200 and is the home to a mercantile, two bars, a fly-fishing/outfitting shop, several bed and breakfasts, women's club, Bozeman Trail Museum housed in a restored blacksmith shop, a park, and an art museum located several miles up Little Goose Creek at the Moncreiffe/Bradford Brinton Ranch. The local area has also been a hub for ranching and polo, being an excellent area to raise good horses. 

Polo was first played in the area at a fair in Sheridan on the Fourth of July,1893. In 1898 Scotsman Malcolm Moncreiffe moved to Big Horn, and built a polo field and breeding operation, which is currently the location of the Bradford Brinton Memorial Museum. He exported Wyoming-bred thoroughbred polo horses and foxhunters to England and organized local horsemen to play polo in Big Horn.  In the early 1980’s, a group of polo players established the Big Horn Equestrian Center. The Big Horn Polo Club expanded to be one of the three largest of over two hundred in the United States.  In 2005, the Flying H Polo Club became one of the three summer clubs in the United States to offer high-goal polo. Top international players participated including eight U.S. Open winners.

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