Los Alamos Ranch School was founded by someone without any exposure to business.
The guest house is the site of the Los Alamos Historical Museum and has an extensive display on the school and its use of Scouting
The site was chosen by Brigadier General Leslie Groves for the Manhattan Project because of its isolation, access to water, ample space, pre-existing buildings which could be used for housing and the fact that much of the surrounding land was already owned by the federal government

