Sanc-tu-ary - "A Place of Refuge"

As defined by Webster, so was the dream of our forebears.

Our history is one of pure "Americana." As immigrant stockmen and farmers from Europe, our earliest ancestors landed in the northeast when that land was raw wilderness. As quintessential adventures, these buckskin-clad westerners began pushing southward and westward, first to the new lands of western Kentucky and Tennessee. Learning along the way from the agricultural tribes of Indians, to grow the native crops of corn, squash and beans. This complimented their passion and knowledge of livestock. These pioneers, with the tenacity and courage that was their birthright, began the age-old battle for the rights to claim these land's bounties. The rich soil of this land was stained again and again by the spilled blood of red man and white. But through sheer determination and the will of God, our family was able to gain a foothold in this new land. Thus
giving birth to the"Sanctuary."

Each generation began pushing westward in its own turn, onto new and more challenged ground. To Arkansas, to Missouri, to Oklahoma, and then to Texas. Transcending from generation to generation, family to family, with each, diversifying, pioneering, and finding their own niche, but always deeply rooted in agriculture; horses, cattle, timber, and row crops.

Today, with interests in Arkansas and Texas, we carry on that pioneering spirit with the determination and pride that is the essence of "The Sanctuary Ranches".