fort union ranch


springtime on the ranch

  It has been a while since I laid eyes on the ranch in late Spring, when the grass is greener and temperatures more modest. Visiting with dear Boden cousins (mostly from Canada), we were fortunate to attend a calf branding (younger members were at first squimish, but as advised […]


fort union ranch

The Fort Union Ranch has been in the same family’s hands for a century and a half. The Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail – whose ruts can be easily seen from State Rt 161 – crosses the ranch.  At the ranch’s center can be found the Fort Union […]