Originally known as the Shelton Ranch, the property was homesteaded by settlers in 1880, according to the ranchs website. In 1914, it was purchased by glass tycoon William S. Ford and federal judge Howard Clark Hollister and named the Ford-Hollister Ranch.Its iconic lodge, designed by an architectural firm from Toledo, Ohio, was built in 1917. The main timber that is up in the roof is 153 feet long, and it is actually one single tree, explained Yellowstone set decorator Curry. They were so protective of the logs that when they harvested the logs they actually wrapped them in burlap until they were ready to put them in place just so that they would keep them from getting nicked and damaged.In the 1950s, the Ford-Hollister Ranch was sold and renamed Chief Joseph Ranch. Its current namesake honors the New Perc chief who may have crossed the land with his tribe more than a century ago.How was Chief Joseph ranch picked to be the home of Yellowstone?Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler and Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton on an upcoming episode of YellowstonePhoto: Emerson Miller / Courtesy of Paramount