The 220 Ranch, formerly the main headquarters for the Wolf Creek Ranch, had its beginnings in 1898 when a branch of the McKee family bought 115 acres for "two bales of cotton," according to an old abstract. As stated by a son of the original purchaser, the family first lived in a "shelter" located about 500 yards southwest of the current main house.

In the early 1900s the McKees built a new house, about 300 yards north of the current main house. The new home was in the style of a "dog trot house," consisting of two rooms separated by an open breezeway. (When the Crozier family bought this part of the ranch in the early 1960s, the foundation of the house still existed, with two rooms each about 15' x 18' with a 10' x 12' breezeway.) According to Mr. McKee, one room was the kitchen and eating area, and the other room was the bedroom for Mr. and Mrs. McKee and their three children. Each room had a rock chimney, one of which still remains in part. READ MORE >