Arthur L. & Alma Becker Davis married in 1914. In 1919, they journeyed from Ashby, Nebraska to start their new lives and claim their southern Colorado plains homestead. In 1923, having fulfilled the requirements of the Homestead Act, Arthur Davis received his patent signed by President Calvin Coolidge. The original 640 acre homestead was 11 miles from Walsenburg. The homestead house (which still stands today) was built in the mid-1920s.  Through the years the family expanded to 8 children. Arthur raised various dryland forage crops, cattle, and a large sheep herd. He grew the ranch to over 6,000 acres. Marvin Davis, the youngest Davis son, and his wife Francie Killion Davis, became the owners of the ranch around 1970, building an extensive stock pond system and other improvements. Marvin's farm operation, located 4 miles east of Walsenburg, provided the forage necessary to convert the homestead ranch to a summer pasture for his cow/calf and yearling operation.  Today the ranch is owned by Marvin & Francie's children and managed by Scott Davis, continuing the tradition of cow/calf production.