In and around the former mining town of Gunnison, Colorado, there’s a palpable respect for bygone days. In the eclectic downtown, clapboard storefronts house hip craft breweries and one-of-a-kind boutiques, serving as a reminder of the area’s boom-to-bust-to-boom-again history. From there, a single highway runs south of the city, tracking along desert-like vistas, which include a series of granite outcroppings that give off a decidedly Wild West feel.
Against this sepia-toned backdrop lies a stretch of land known to locals as Odom Ranch. Established in the 1870s, the sprawling property — bordered by flat pastureland on one side and funky rock formations on the
