The Tetsell farm is located in Logan County, just 2 1/2 miles northwest of Sterling. The farm was started by William E. Tetsell who first came to Colorado in 1874. After establishing a successful ranch near Merino,

The Southard Farm is situated on 240 acres in Weld County near Greeley. The farm began in 1878 when John and Mary Rowe started a homestead, and a year later expanded it to include a treeclaim. The farm eventually passed on to John and Mary's daughter, Mary J. Rowe, who by then had married Samuel H. Southard. It has since remained in the Southard family and is currently owned by John and Mary Rowe's great great grandchildren, Charles E. Southard and Ann S. Beard. Today, corn, pinto beans, alfalfa, and oats are the main crops.

The David Smith Ranches encompass over 4,700 acres located near Meeker in Rio Blanco County. The ranch was started by David Smith, who first came to Colorado from Scotland in 1885. It was six years later, while travelling in England, that he met and married Mary Allsebrook. In 1892 the couple travelled back here from England by ship, train, stagecoach, and finally sled to purchase land and establish a new home in Meeker. Over the years, family members purchased additional tracts of land and settled on new homesteads.

The San Carlos Ranch, located on over 3000 acres near Beulah in Pueblo County, has been home to three generations of the Fass family. The ranch was started in 1889 when Fred Fass and his wife Katherine long with Fred,s sister Elizabeth Billington and her husband W.H. Billington purchased 160 acres to form the San Carlos Ranch and Cattle Company. In 1908 Fred and Katherine bought out the Billington's share, and, over the years, they steadily added surrounding land.

The Round Ranch encompasses nearly 12,000 acres located about 18 miles southwest of La Junta in Otero County. The Round ranch was started in 1890 by George B. Round, who began a sheep and cattle operation that continues today. Over the years, the ranch and its operation was handed down first to George Round's son, Ralph Franklin Round, and later to his son, Ralph D. Round. The Round family is also being given the historic structures award for the preservation of several 19th century buildings including an old bunk house and wool barn.

Wes Moser and Sons farm is located in Weld County near Hudson. The farm was originally homesteaded in 1890 by Christ Moser, Sr., who lived there with his family for the first year in lean-tos propped up against wagons. The first crop was oats which was planted for the horses and cattle. A more permanent home was constructed the following year, and this prosperous farm was eventually passed on to Christ Moser, Jr. and then to on his son, Wesley Eugene Moser. Wes' son, John Roy Moser, now heads up the operation. Corn, alfalfa, potatoes, and small grains are the major crops.

The McClave ranch encompasses over 550 acres in Bent County near the town of McClave, which was named after this ranching family. The ranch celebrates its centennial this year, since it was just 100 years ago that three McClave brothers and two sisters began homesteading land in the area. Over the years, the two sisters and two of the brothers sold their shares of the ranch to the third brother, Bayard Taylor  McClave. The ranch later was passed on to his wife Ruby, and then to their son George McClave, Sr. It is now owned and operated by B.T. McClave's grandchildren.

The Maddox Brothers Ranch is owned and operated by Lloyd Jones' cousins, Raymond and Roy Maddux. Their ranch dates back to 1874 when their grandfather, James Thomas Maddux, came here from Ohio to begin homesteading north of Alamosa in the area that was then called Wayside. Two years later he married Mary E. Schock in San Luis. They had two sons, Raymond and Roy, who were born were born 18 months apart. Raymond and Roy eventually took over the ranch's cattle operation, and even ran a dairy farm from 1949 to 1976.

The next two ranches we will be recognizing today are a pair of related ranches in the San Luis Valley near Alamosa. The first is the Jones Ranch which was homesteaded in by Henry C. Jones, who came to the Alamosa area from Illinois in 1884 with his new bride Della Roseanna Mercier. They had six children including Ivan and Eldon who both married into the Maddux family, owners of the neighboring ranch that we will be hearing about next.

The Barbara Gustafson Farm is the first of two Gustafson farms we are honoring here today. Both are located near Eaton in Weld county. The first, which could be called the Brown/Gustafson farm, was purchased in 1892 by Barbara's grandfather, W.W. Brown, from its original owner, Benjamin H. Eaton. W.W. Brown passed the farm on to his daughter, Nellie, who married A.J. Wilson, the owner of the next farm we will be hearing about. A.J. and Nellie eventually passed the farm down to their daughter, Barbara, and her husband E. R. Gustafson.