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Yellowstone: Dutton Ranch, Montana and Utah

Yellowstone is set in Montana, but the Dutton ranch house is the Chief Joseph Ranch near Darby, Montana, and much of the rest was filmed in Utah, in Park City and Ogden, before the shoot moved to Missoula.

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  1. The Dutton family owns the largest cattle ranch in Montana, and the ranch house on screen is a real one. Principal photography began here in August 2017, at the Chief Joseph Ranch near Darby, which stands in as John Dutton's home. The house has a log cabin motif and was built between 1914 and 1917. Most of its interiors are not shot here but in Utah, which is the next stop. The main house is now a guest ranch just south of Darby.

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    Visitor guidance: The main house is now a guest ranch just south of Darby.

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  2. Step inside the Dutton house and you are in Utah. The production used all three soundstages at the Utah Film Studios in Park City, a total of 45,000 square feet. The crew set up most of the lodge interiors in this massive building off Kearns Boulevard, along with the bunkhouse and the Montana governor's office: about 11 different sets in all.

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  3. Dan Jenkins develops a country club in the story, and Promontory, a club right outside Park City, played it. By November 2017 the crew had already filmed at more than twenty Utah locations, including the Salt Flats and Spanish Fork, and Promontory Club was on the list. The series sets the Dutton family against land developers, and this Utah club helps stand in for the Montana of the story.

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    Location precision: The pin marks the club's Pete Dye course; the sources do not say which part of the club was filmed.

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  4. Monica walks out of a classroom at "Bozeman University" in the show, but the building is the Park City Library in Old Town, off Park Avenue. The storyline takes place in Montana, not Utah, so Utah has to stand in for Montana, even for a university campus. The library was first established in 1917 on Main Street, and its current location dates from 1993.

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    Visitor guidance: A public library in Park City's Old Town, off Park Avenue.

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  5. The story is set in Montana, so every time the crew shoots on 25th Street in Ogden they have to shut down the main road, change store signs and change any sign that says Utah. Location manager Dustin Daniels says they even rename the coffee shop each time they return. The street began with the opening of Union Station at its west end, during the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, and the historic district covers three blocks.

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    Visitor guidance: The historic district covers three blocks of 25th Street.

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  6. In August 2020 the series announced that filming was moving completely to Montana, and an undisclosed production location was rented in Missoula. Ryman Street near the County Courthouse became a film location. The courthouse is at 200 West Broadway, in the center of downtown Missoula.

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    Visitor guidance: The courthouse is at 200 West Broadway in downtown Missoula.

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