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Welcome to Beckwith Ranch. A Colorado Ranching Heritage Initiative in the Wet Mountain Valley of Custer County Colorado History The story of the Beckwith Ranch began in 1869 when George Beckwith Sr. and his youngest son Edwin Beckwith arrived in the Wet Mountain Valley to explore and research possible business prospects. The Beckwithfamily were originally from Mt Desert Island Maine following the civil war where both Edwin and Elton had participated the family moved to Cambridge Massachusetts while the Beckwith three sons attendedcollege.