Continuity and Change:
A Photographic History of the Drakesbad Guest Ranch

Guest Accommodations

   Guest tents at Drakesbad were canvas over pole frames with beds constructed of tamarack poles with cedar shingle slats and mattresses of straw tick (Notation in Sifford Scrapbook).

1920-1925—Guest tents

1922—Guest tents

1926—Prentiss and Stella de Veuve at their tent
(Photograph courtesy of Susan Watson)

1930—Gathering of guests

1936—Front of guest cabins
(EASTMAN'S ORIGINALS COLLECTION, D-51, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis)

1952—Rear of guest cabins

 
1975—Rear of guest cabin                                                                1975—Employee quarters

2002—Rear of guest cabins

2002—Rear of guest cabins and two-story employee quarters. Log cook's cabin was located to left of employee quarters

2002—Duplex guest cabin constructed circa 1952

2002—Park Service Mission 66 cabins constructed in 1961

2021—Bunkhouse and a bungalow at Drakesbad Guest Ranch during the Dixie Fire
(Photograph courtesy of National Park Service)

   Duplex #1 Annex, Bungalows 1 & 2 and 5 & 6 were destroyed by the Dixie Fire in 2021 and had to be rebuilt. Also destroyed by the fire was the water treatment building.