The name of our ranch is La Noria in memory of the original ranch my family held in Jimenez, Chihuahua Mexico. The ranch was created in the late colonial period by the Holgin and Castaneda families. It was confiscated in 1920 at the end of the Mexican Revolution. Our family moved to Colorado where we established a small farm along the Arkansas River Valley.  When my Grandmother and my oldest Aunt, the last survivors of the original ranch, died I vowed to recreate it. I selected northern Colorado near the Wyoming border. Although it was slow in the making it is now a bonifide/registered Colorado ranch-farm. We run a registered Angus and commercial operation. Currently we are not only members of the Angus Association but are listed in the official Beef Industry Directory. The creation of La Noria was made possible by good fortune, and of course blessings by all who made it possible. I hope you will enjoy the pictures. Most of them were taken this fall and early spring. Next year I hope to include the mountain property in late spring when the grass is all green.

This is the main ranch house looking from east to west.

From this angle you can see the front range foothills.

The pond is our backyard looking from the ranch house atrium. We also share surface rights with a large lake at the south east end of the farm.

Here are a few of our spring calves with the front range in the back.

Here is the farm boy next to a John Deere tractor.

The ranch was also due in large part to my Father. Although he can no longer work the ranch he does manage the commercial cattle and I the registered. It helps prevent family conflicts. It is his wisdom of ranching that I admire and he has gracefully passed it down to me.

This year we tried sudan grazer. It didn't work out as well as we thought. Next year we will plant alfalfa/grass. To visit the range go to my home page and click on the Range land and Bunkhouse link.