Hittle Cattle Company family with their Centennial Ranch award.

Centennial Farms & Ranches

Hittle Cattle Company

Mesa County

Originally from the Plateau Valley in Iowa, Jess Hittle bought 289 acres of land near Collbran in 1914.

Outbuildings including the chicken coop, the gas house, the calving barn and milking barn.

Outbuildings at the Hittle Cattle Company.

Photo courtesy of the Hittle Cattle Company.

Jess and his wife Alice formed a cow and calf operation, raising hay and grain as well.  Their son, Ray and his wife Helen bought the ranch on December 26, 1951, and their son Less and wife Loi bought the ranch on December 24, 1980.

Log house at the Hittle Cattle Company.

Log house at the Hittle Cattle Company.

Photo courtesy of the Hittle Cattle Company

Several buildings from 1923 are still in place and in use, including the log farm house, chicken coop, gas house, milk barn and horse barn.  Today the 289 acres on Buzzard Creek Road are still run by Les and Loi where today hay is the major crop.