Real Estate
A $6 Million Montana Ranch That Comes With Its Own Saloon
Given the place sleeps 40, a bar seems appropriate.
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In 2002, Holli Hopkins, her husband, John, and their children were on a backcountry horse-riding trip in Montana. The family already had a vacation property in the state, but once they arrived at the outfitter’s ranch and found out it was for sale, John, an executive at a nuclear power company, “was foaming at the mouth, saying we have to sell our place and get this one.”
Hopkins resisted. “I’m the one who sticks,” she said. By the end of the weeklong trip, her 10-year-old daughter rode to the top of a scenic knoll, turned to her mother, and said, “Building site.” Hopkins caved.