Yellowstone arrived on our screens almost seven years ago, but this November the conclusion of the Duttons’ whirlwind story is nigh , with the second half of the fifth and final season finally being released. The first half of the fifth season aired in November 2022, tormenting Yellowstone fans with a tantalizing two-year wait before the final part of the story would run. While Yellowstone star Kevin Costner , who played ranch owner John Dutton, announced earlier this year that he had decided to leave the show , the final part promises to continue the story of the Dutton family.
The show’s creator, Taylor Sheridan, has led and developed the characters through everything from hair-raising moments to deeply heartbreaking events, yet one element that has remained steady among the show’s chaos and drama is Dutton Ranch itself. In the show, the events playing out on Dutton Ranch are set in the modern day – with some throwbacks to the late 19th and early 20th century in spinoffs – in Montana . Viewers will identify the property as Dutton Ranch, easily recognized by the giant ‘Y’ plastered on the front of one of the barns – that stays up all year round even when the film crew isn’t there – yet to locals, it is known under a different name: Chief Joseph Ranch .
When it is not being used as the setting for Paramount’s Yellowstone television series, the property is a working, family-owned cattle ranch, nestled between the striking Trapper Peak mountain summit and .