Private company

Harberton Ranch

Logo: estanciaharberton.com3

Land in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Estancia Harberton was established in 1886, when the missionary pioneer Thomas Bridges (1842-1898) resigned from the Anglican mission at Ushuaia. The estancia was named for Harberton, the home of his wife, Mary Ann Varder (1842-1922), in Devon, England. Bridges was the author of a dictionary of the Yámana or Yaghan language, and their son Lucas Bridges (1874-1949) wrote The Uttermost Part of the Earth about his boyhood, the Yahgan people, and the family's adventures in getting the dictionary published in Europe.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Photo: Claudio Elias, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Estancia Harberton was established in 1886, when the missionary pioneer Thomas Bridges (1842-1898) resigned from the Anglican mission at Ushuaia. The estancia was named for Harberton, the home of his wife, Mary Ann Varder (1842-1922), in Devon, England. Bridges was the author of a dictionary of the Yámana or Yaghan language, and their son Lucas Bridges (1874-1949) wrote The Uttermost Part of the Earth about his boyhood, the Yahgan people, and the family's adventures in getting the dictionary published in Europe.2

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