Centennial Farms & Ranches
Sanders-Naugle-5NLLC
Cheyenne County
Gustaf Sanders was born in Sweden in 1854 and immigrated to Minnesota in 1881. He settled in Wild Horse in eastern Colorado in 1906 with his wife and six children.
Gustaf’s son, Harold, took over the farm when Gustaf passed. In the 1930s a basement house was constructed on top of which the current home was later built. In 1948, Geraldine McEwen Sullivan along with her two children, Jerry and Luanna, came to work for Harold. They later married, with Valeria and Dorian being added to the family along with Geraldine’s youngest brother, Floyd McEwen. All the children attended grade school at Wild Horse School and completed high school at Kit Carson.
By the time of his death in 1973, Harold had increased the land to 11,000 acres, raising Hereford cattle, wheat, sudan, and grain sorghum. Allen and Luanna were married in 1967 raising three children, Kris, Ryan and Jeremy. Allen served in the US Navy from June 1964 to June of 1968. Allen and Luanna purchased 2,400 acres and continue to raise Angus cattle. Several of the historic buildings are still in use today including the house, barn, garage, shop, chicken house, and brooder house. The 5NLLC was formed in 2008.