Rocky Mountain Land Library raising money for its Buffalo Peaks Ranch location

One of the most unusual libraries in Colorado is creating perhaps its most ambitious branch on a cattle ranch nestled in the mountains — and the Rocky Mountain Land Library has raised about $25,000 in three days toward that vision.

RMLL is the sprawling vision of Jeff Lee and Ann Marie Martin, who met as employees of the Tattered Cover bookstore. They’ve built a collection of more than 35,000 books on landscape and natural history, ably profiled in Westword.

The nonprofit aims to provide spaces to read and work in a network that spans the Front Range.

Now they’re taking on Buffalo Peaks Ranch, a sprawling 1800s ranch that they’ve leased in the wide-open landscape of South Park, 100 miles southwest of Denver. The group’s new Kickstarter aims to raise $125,000 to renovate the Cook’s House, one of the main buildings on the ranch. They’ve raised $27,000 in just about three days.