HAT Ranch Winery

On September 16, 1901, Jacob “Jake” Charles Frison arrived in Tensleep Valley, Wyoming in a covered wagon from his former home in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, driving thirty-eight head of cattle. There had been no roads, only trails. A 69-day journey was required to make the start of a new life in a place where he could settle permanently and raise his growing family. Like many original settlers, Jake had to turn his hand to various things in order to subsist. He worked hard and eventually had built an outfit running over seventeen hundred head of cattle.