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24 • HEREFORD AMERICA <strong>April</strong>/<strong>May</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
COD Ranch: Making a Life on the Plains of South Dakota<br />
By Melissa Burke<br />
Reprinted with permission of<br />
Tri-State Livestock News<br />
When my friend Barry Ellenbecker<br />
recently informed me of the name of the<br />
COD Ranch near Gettysburg, S.D., my<br />
first reaction was that my leg was being<br />
pulled a little bit. I’d always thought that<br />
COD stood for “cash on delivery” and<br />
BHSS...<br />
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cross fencing, furrowing pastures,<br />
distributing rural water to all<br />
pastures, artificial insemination,<br />
synchronization programs, embryo<br />
transplants, and electronic<br />
identification of calves<br />
Through his children, Kirk became<br />
involved with high school rodeo,<br />
served as president of the South<br />
Dakota High School Rodeo and was<br />
involved as a 4-H leader.<br />
He has been a member of the<br />
Society for Range Management for<br />
over 30 years, and received the<br />
Range Man of the Year award in<br />
1983.<br />
Because of Kirk’s admirable work<br />
ethic, stewardship of community and<br />
land and dedication to rural South<br />
Dakota that the BHSS honor him as<br />
the <strong>2005</strong> Black Hills Stock Show<br />
Stockman of the Year.<br />
Your ad here<br />
call<br />
605/866-4495<br />
for more information<br />
Troy & Beth Severson<br />
1610 Obrien Avenue<br />
Belmond, Iowa 50421<br />
641/444-3884<br />
• Iowa •<br />
GRAHAM<br />
Livestock Equipment<br />
LIVESTOCK HANDLING EQUIPMENT<br />
FAWCETT ENTERPRISES, INC.<br />
36111 211th Street ~ Miller, SD 57362-6814<br />
WAYNE FAWCETT<br />
Phone 605/853-3930 • Cell 60/530-6024 • Fax 605/853-3310<br />
CUSTOM DESIGNS AVAILABLE<br />
not one thing else. Barry happens to be a<br />
grandson of the man who homesteaded<br />
the property, and has never been above a<br />
good joke now and then. In any case, I<br />
was finally convinced that this was indeed<br />
the ranch’s name as well as the design of<br />
its cattle brand.<br />
In 1909, Lawrence W. (Mike) Herron<br />
homesteaded in this area, primarily raising<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong> cattle. He married Ida Huyck<br />
(pronounced “hike”) of nearby Lebanon<br />
in October on 1913. The couple lived on<br />
the homestead for<br />
the next six years<br />
before acquiring<br />
additional land a<br />
few miles to the<br />
southeast.<br />
Three children<br />
were born into this<br />
union: a son, Max,<br />
and two daughters,<br />
Eileen and Lucille.<br />
At the age of eight, Max was killed when<br />
a hay wagon ran over him.<br />
A modern house was built on the ranch<br />
in 1928. This was the same year in which<br />
Mike played a major role in helping to put<br />
on the first central South Dakota rodeo.<br />
He even enjoyed horses and always had<br />
good breeding in the ones he owned and<br />
raised. He traveled to Texas and brought<br />
back some of the first registered Quarter<br />
Horses to be introduced into the area.<br />
Some of these he raced, even breaking a<br />
Polled <strong>Hereford</strong>s<br />
2509 155th Ave.<br />
Benton, IA 50835<br />
Phone: 641-785-2260<br />
Cell phone: 641-340-0325<br />
Selling 40 Bulls & 40 Heifers Annually<br />
Johnson<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong>s<br />
Registered Horned <strong>Hereford</strong>s<br />
Since 1918<br />
Jack & Lynne Johnson<br />
2165 240th St.<br />
Milford, IA 51351<br />
Phone 712-338-4578<br />
Want an ad in the<br />
next issue?<br />
Give us a call!<br />
605/866-4495 or<br />
406/684-5465<br />
FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS IN HERFEORD CATTLE<br />
IN KANSAS AND SURROUNDING STATES<br />
THE KANSAS HEREFORD ASSOCIATION<br />
Tom Granzow, Secretary-Manager<br />
765 South 3000 Road<br />
Herington, Kansas 67449<br />
785-466-2247 785-466-2226 (FAX)<br />
kansashereford@tctelco.net<br />
www.kansashereford.org<br />
Douthit <strong>Hereford</strong>s<br />
RR 3 Box 160 • St. Francis, KS 67756<br />
stephend@sbcglobal.net<br />
• Kansas •<br />
4V RANCH<br />
(785) 332-3009<br />
WALTER<br />
(785) 332-3229<br />
ROGER<br />
(785) 332-2455<br />
STEVE<br />
(785) 332-2323<br />
“Best of Both Worlds Sale” • 4th Mon. in March<br />
12 noon at the ranch • Dwight, KS<br />
50 <strong>Hereford</strong><br />
Bulls<br />
60 Angus Bulls<br />
The COD Ranch is operated by Bill and Holly Wright(left) along with their son<br />
Andy (inset). Holly’s parents Eileen and Harold Hegerle still live on the home<br />
ranch. Burke photo<br />
few track records at the State Fair in<br />
Huron.<br />
Daughter Eileen married Harold Hegerle,<br />
and they built a house in 1952 which was<br />
adjacent to that of Mike and Ida. In time,<br />
management of the ranch was turned over<br />
to them. Lucille married Orville<br />
Ellenbecker, and they lived one mile north.<br />
Harold and Eileen had four children of<br />
their own: Kelly, Kevin, Holly and Mary<br />
Ann. Holly married Bill Wright of Parade,<br />
S.D. and they also have four children:<br />
Carol, Andy, Kelsie and Nicklaus. Though<br />
Also selling 50<br />
F-1 Baldy<br />
Heifers<br />
Jan: 785-482-3383 • Arden: 785-482-3398<br />
Box 8, Dwight, KS 66849<br />
E-mail: jakoleenbros@tctelco.net<br />
www.oleenbrothers.com<br />
having since retired, Harold and Eileen still<br />
live on the ranch. Bill, Holly, and son Andy<br />
are current managers and co-partners.<br />
Now three hundred head of <strong>Hereford</strong><br />
and Angus cross cows know this place<br />
as home, and since its humble beginning<br />
the acreage has grown to 5,000. Nearly<br />
800 of those acres are farm ground;<br />
planted to alfalfa plus wheat, corn and<br />
oats. Weaned calves are fed through the<br />
winter using homegrown rations.<br />
The summer pasture borders the Oahe<br />
Reservoir, and is split by a state fishing<br />
COYOTE CREEK RANCH<br />
PLATINUM STOCK<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
Unique <strong>Hereford</strong> bloodlines<br />
for sustainable beef production<br />
Sandra Korb • Louise Korb<br />
One Coyote Creek Drive • Burr Oak, KS 66936<br />
Office/Fax: (785) 647-5465<br />
Home: (785) 647-5451<br />
www.rural-reality.com<br />
Gustafson <strong>Hereford</strong>s<br />
Gus, Deb and Shelbi Gustafson<br />
8621 Davis Creek Road<br />
Junction City, KS 66441<br />
785-238-7306<br />
I-70 exit 303... 7 miles South<br />
Sandhill<br />
Farms<br />
Registered Polled <strong>Hereford</strong>s<br />
Kevin & Vera Schultz<br />
Box 64, Haviland, KS 67059<br />
Phone: (620) 995-4072 • Fax: (620) 995-4071<br />
e-mail: kevin@sandhillfarms.com<br />
website: www.sandhillfarms.com