Bates Well Ranch

	Bates Well Ranch
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Bates Well Ranch bunkhouse
Location	Pima County, Arizona, USA
Nearest city	Ajo, Arizona
Coordinates	32°10′6″N 112°57′1″W / 32.16833°N 112.95028°W
Built	1913
Built by	Growler Copper Co.
NRHP reference No.	94000493
Added to NRHP	May 20, 1994

The Bates Well Ranch (O'odham: Juñ Ka:ck), also known as the Bates Well, Growler Well, Gray Ranch and El Veit, was one of the fifteen ranches and line camps in the Gray family cattle business in the Sonoran Desert country north of the US-Mexico border in Pima County, Arizona. Operating for nearly 60 years, the ranch is now part of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

The main ranch house was moved from Growler Mine to Bates Well in 1942, re-used in traditional frontier and Gray family practice. Probably originating as a miners' cabin, the northern portion was presumably added after its relocation at Bates Well. The original well may have been dug by W.B. Bates about 1870, with a later well dug by Reuben Daniels circa 1913. An arrastra, a simple ore-milling operation, existed in the early 20th century. The property was developed by Robert Louis Gray's son, Henry from 1935 on. Henry lived there until his death in 1976.^[2]

The Bates Well property represents a very complete and intact example of the frontier ranching pattern in Arizona typical of the Sonoran Desert during the first third of the twentieth century. The Gray family controlled essentially all ranching operations in the Organ Pipe National Monument area, including Aguajita Spring, Alamo Canyon Ranch, Bonita Well Line Camp, Bull Pasture, Cement Tank, Dos Lomitas Ranch, Dowling Ranch, Gachado Line Camp, Hocker Well, Pozo Nuevo Line Camp, Pozo Salado or Salt Well, Red Tanks Well, Wild Horse Tank and Williams Spring. Ranching operations ceased in 1976.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Kathy McKoy (December 28, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bates Well Ranch" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Bates Well Ranch Main House". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 24, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2008.

External links[edit]

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AZ-155-A, "Bates Well, Cowhand House, Growler Wash, Ajo, Pima County, AZ", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. AZ-155-C, "Bates Well, Corral", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. AZ-155-B, "Bates Well, Jacal", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[nrhpinv2-2] Kathy McKoy (December 28, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bates Well Ranch" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] "Bates Well Ranch Main House". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 24, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2008.

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

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