Later History
The Walking Box Ranch was purchased by Bell from the Rock Springs Cattle Company. The company owned 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) in the Mojave Desert.
The Nature Conservancy purchased 151,331 acres (61,241 ha) of land that surrounded the Walking Box Ranch in June 1994.
The Walking Box Ranch was purchased by Las Vegas Gaming Investments in 2000 for $950,000.
Listing on the National Register of Historic Places was one of the goals set out in April 2006 by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Bureau of Land Management, co-managers of the property. The listing was awarded on January 30, 2009.
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