K Bar L Ranch, Medicine Springs

The K Bar L Ranch is an extraordinary Montana ranch property for sale, nestled at the forks of the Sun River adjacent to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex.

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Among those Civil War veterans who were owed back pay by the US government at the end of the war was Thomas Valentine. Financially drained by the immense cost of the war, the government offered soldiers an opportunity to take a piece of land instead of their back pay. Valentine came west after the war and in the course of his wandering he found himself well upstream on the Sun River, at the confluence of the river’s North and South Forks. There he found hot springs, long used by Indians for their healing properties. Wild game was abundant, the land and surroundings beautiful.

Thomas Valentine had found a piece of paradise and soon thereafter was granted, by an Act of Congress in 1872, a forty acre tract of land as compensation for his unpaid service in the Union Army.

Long used by Indians, pioneers, trappers, and loggers, Medicine Springs (as the hot springs were known) became the province of the Klick family in 1927. Three generations of Klicks have developed the property as a guest ranch, hauling in the building materials by boat and mule train to establish guest quarters, lodge, corrals, outbuildings and hot springs swimming pool.

This extraordinary place at the forks of the Sun River has provided extraordinarily great lodging, riding, fishing, hunting, and other backcountry recreational pleasure for many guests over the years.

Now the time has come for the Klick family to pass this unique property on to others. The real estate, the buildings and facilities, and the guide and outfitting business are offered for sale.