Erik and Maria Enstrom immigrated to United States in 1898 from Sweden. They lived in Ironwood, Michigan and Telluride, Colorado before settling in Nucla in 1911. They purchased the family place and began raising fruits and vegetables to sell to the miners in Telluride and harvesting seeds to sell to the Mile High Seed Company.  Later, they began raising alfalfa and grass hay along with a herd of Hereford cattle. Their son Arthur and his wife Kittie Mae inherited the ranch in 1929 running it until their son Herbert took over. Herbert married Nancy (Finicle) in 1958 and the two of them worked side by side caring for the land and cattle until Herb passed away in 2010. Now two of their sons, Patrick and Paul, run the ranch along with their wives. Each generation has left their mark on this place with the sixth generation coming on strong.