Ruby Uhart Blog

Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit on a panel with three other ranch women and answer questions from a group of teachers about our version of Ranch Life.  We started out by introducing ourselves and telling a little bit about how we grew up and how we ended up wher...

My husband of 48 years, Tom DeForest, and I have a small cattle and hay ranch a couple of miles out of Adin, CA in Modoc County. It’s just the two of us on the place. Our one daughter, Sarah, is the Director of External Relations for the College of Agriculture at the U...

I’m Irene Smith and I live on Cottonwood Ranch in O’Neil Basin and have been here for almost 67 years.

I am now 89 years old and my main job on the ranch these days is baking cookies and watering flowers, so I’ll tell about my early days on Cottonwood Ranch.

My husband a...

Yesterday I sat down and started a story aiming to answer the question I had been asked a lot in the last couple days..."How do you ship calves and preg cows in the same day??"  I was attempting that answer when I decided to take a break and go attend to the task I'd b...

My name is Amelia Wakley, I also go by Millie. I was born and raised right here on this ranch in Deeth, Nevada. As a child we helped all the time we weren’t in school. Ranch chores and labor teaches a kid respect, responsibility, accountability, persistence, and grit....

My name is Jessica (Gibbs) Mesna,  and I was born and raised in Nevada. I have lived on a cattle ranch in Northeastern Nevada, northwest of Wells, my entire life. My husband Wyatt, son Anton, and I help run our family ranch, the Gibbs Ranch. It has now been in the fami...