 Kasdorf single-handedly built the Main Log Lodge in 1923 soon after he and his wife arrived (by covered wagon from Denver) to homestead in the Kremmling area.He built up and ran the Snowshoe Dude Ranch for over 30 years.Grand County Historical Society speculates that Zane Grey stayed at the Snowshoe Ranch or at least camped nearby while he wrote "The Mysterious Rider" as the Kasdorfs did say in their advertisements that "guests could ride 'forest-Indian' trails that Theodore Roosevelt and Zane Grey knew"!