Ernest Hemingway Worked on “A Farewell to Arms” at Wyoming’s Spear Ranch

If you like your cowboy fantasies with a dash of literary zest, a 300-acre ranch in Big Horn, Wyoming, is waiting for you.

Spear Ranch dates back to the 1880s, when it was the home of the pioneer Willis Spear, who owned a cattle company along with his dude ranch. The property’s biggest claim to fame, however, might be that it hosted Ernest Hemingway in 1928. That year, he holed up in a ranch cabin and finished the first draft of A Farewell to Arms. Aspiring writers may take a…