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==Dude rancher==

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Larom recruited ranch guests by advertising among the East Coast elite. Each guest was required to be of the [[Christian]] faith, make advanced reservations, and furnish references. [[Jew]]s, then excluded from ''The New York Social Register,'' were not invited to Valley Ranch," which functioned like a self-contained community. Pack trips into the mountains acquainted the guests with the scenery and a plentiful supply of elk, bison, and deer.<ref name=review>Billy Hathorn, Review of ''Dude Ranching in the Yellowstone Country: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915-1969" by W. Hudson Kensel, ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 458, 460.</ref> ​

Larom recruited ranch guests by advertising among the East Coast elite. Each guest was required to be of the [[Christian]] faith, make advanced reservations, and furnish references. [[Jew]]s, then excluded from ''The New York Social Register,'' were not invited to Valley Ranch," which functioned like a self-contained community. Pack trips into the mountains acquainted the guests with the scenery and a plentiful supply of elk, bison, and deer.<ref name=review>Billy Hathorn, Review of ''Dude Ranching in the Yellowstone Country: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915-1969'' by W. Hudson Kensel, ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 458, 460.</ref> ​

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After sponsoring pack trips for both boys and girls into Yellowstone, Larom in 1922 established a college preparatory school for boys. The operation folded in 1934 because of the impact of the [[Great Depression]].<ref>W. Hudson Kensel, Lecture, "The Valley Ranch and Irving H. 'Larry' Larom: A History of Dude Ranching on the South Fork of the Shoshone River," Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, October 16, 2006.</ref>One of the instructors at the school confessed that most of the boys were not promising students because their family wealth provided them with financial security. In their situations, organized study was more of an avocation or even an irritant than the potential passport to later financial rewards that might have motivated middle-class youngsters.<ref name=review/>​

After sponsoring pack trips for both boys and girls into Yellowstone, Larom in 1922 established a college preparatory school for boys. The operation folded in 1934 because of the impact of the [[Great Depression]].<ref>W. Hudson Kensel, Lecture, "The Valley Ranch and Irving H. 'Larry' Larom: A History of Dude Ranching on the South Fork of the Shoshone River," Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, October 16, 2006.</ref>One of the instructors at the school confessed that most of the boys were not promising students because their family wealth provided them with financial security. In their situations, organized study was more of an avocation or even an irritant than the potential passport to later financial rewards that might have motivated middle-class youngsters.<ref name=review/>​