Most of the team had never been there before, so it was an exciting first time experience for them! Especially after researching the history of the once vibrant location now turned national historic park. It is free and open to the public, but is off limits after dark. It is nightly patrolled by police unless you have permission to be on the grounds.
The original owners of the mansion and operators of the wild west shows were the Miller family (Joe C., Zack, and George Miller). The ranch was built upon 110,000-acres, with several buildings for work and living quarters. Most of the buildings were torn down, the last building to go was the general store, which burned down from a fire with unknown origins. The remnants of the buildings left are the basement of the mansion, floor of the general store and it's supply closet, alligator pit, monkey cages (across the street), grain silos, where they generated electricity, and in one of the fenced in lots next to it is the floor of the elephant barn with parts of the shackles still in place. Down the road is Cowboy Hill where the Millers are buried (outside of the fence is a memorial for an 8yr old girl named Mary Jane who died in 2008), keep going up the road and you will find a monument for Chief White Eagle (there also 8 unmarked graves surrounding the monument).
Our team had a handful of things happen to them while on the property. We experienced shadow figures, disembodied voices, voices captured on the ghost box, strange noises (bangings coming from the metal closet in the basement area), smells, anomalies in pictures, K2 activity, and being touched. Tommy made the spirit of Zack Miller upset by accidentally calling him Joe. Hildy kept feeling like there was someone on top a building looking at us. One of the quirks always experienced at Cowboy Hill for sensitive people, is when they touch Zack's headstone it feels like a surge of static electricity.
When going to 101 Ranch for an investigation you will never leave disappointed. It is a real treat, and a real honor to be with some of Oklahoma's most prominent residents, whether they are living or not!
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