Interesting Facts

Stuart and Annie's ranch (the 59 Ranch) is roughly 14,000 acres, and 22 sections of land. That's like owning almost a whole township back east.

It takes about 50 acres of land for a cow to survive out here.

Before Stuart had the 59 Ranch, it was used mostly for sheep.

Stuart has about 300 head of cattle, 8 of them are bulls.

He has 15 horses, and he raises his own horses to work the cattle.

He does about 85% of the work with the cattle on horseback.

There are hardly any trees on his 14,000 acres- as you can see from the pictures.

Stuart does all his own vet work, other than the most serious injuries. It just isn't practical to have to wait 2+ hours for the vet to come out.



Chris Dutton's ranch (where I am going today) is 22,000 acres, and has lots of trees. The land is very rugged, and about 22 miles away from the 59 Ranch.

He has less cattle on his ranch, but he is able to grow more hay on his ranch.

He has about the same number of horses as Stuart does.

His ranch also has Elk, Whitetail Deer, Turkeys and Peasants.