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{{short description|Historic district in Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = John Jarvie Historic Ranch District
| nrhp_type =
| image = File:Daggett County - John Jarvie Historic Ranch District - 20220109153852.jpg
| caption =
| location= Green River and Indian Crossing Bridge SW of Jarvis, [[Brown's Park]], [[Utah]]
|coordinates={{coord|40|54|03|N|109|10|32|W|source:NOTNRIS2013a|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Utah#USA
| builder = John Jarvie and others
| architecture = Log building; dugout house
| added = January 14, 1986
| area = {{convert|35.4|acre|ha}}
| refnum = 86000232<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>
}}
The '''John Jarvie Historic Ranch District''', in the Utah portion of [[Brown's Park]], is a [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] which was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986.<ref name=nris/>
It is located at [[Green River (Colorado River tributary)|Green River]] and Indian Crossing Bridge east of [[Dutch John, Utah]].  The listing included six [[contributing buildings]], five [[contributing structures]], and five [[contributing objects]] on {{convert|35.4|acre|ha}}.<ref name=nris/>
It was maintained by the [[Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM) as an interpretive site by 1983,<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86000232}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John Jarvie Historic Site / Campbell Place|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Wllliam L. Tennent |author2=H. B. Phillips II |date=February 18, 1983 |accessdate=November 2, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=86000232|photos=y|title=accompanying 17 photos from 1978-85}}</ref>
and in 2019 remains open to the public.  According to the BLM, the public is invited to:<blockquote>Explore where the wild west is still wild, where [[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]] hid out from the long arms of the law, where traders made a mint, and where a business complemented the turn-of-the-century frontier life in Brown's Park. / In 1880, John Jarvie, a Scotsman built a ranch along the Green River to offer store goods to those that lived or traveled in this wild territory. Jarvie chose this location due to a naturally occurring river crossing which was used by Indians, fur trappers, travelers, and local residents. At its height, the Jarvie ranch operation included a store, post office, river ferry, and cemetery. / At the historic ranch, you’ll find the stone house, which is a one-room, rectangular building. It was built by outlaw Jack Bennett, using masonry skills he learned in prison. This is also the museum where displays decorate the walls and a video of the history of the ranch can be viewed. You’ll also get to duck inside the two-room dugout where John and his wife Nellie first lived. It is built into a hillside with a south-facing entrance overlooking the Green River.<ref name=blm>{{cite web|url=https://www.blm.gov/learn/interpretive-centers/john-jarvie-historic-ranch |title=John Jarvie Historic Ranch |publisher=Bureau of Land Management |accessdate=November 2, 2019}}</ref></blockquote>
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==External links==
{{Commons category|John Jarvie Historic Ranch District}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Daggett County, Utah]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah]]
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