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Haythorn Ranch Company is located in the sandhills of Nebraska along the
Platte River Valley, near the town of Maxwell. It is comprised of 20,000 acres of
grass, meadow hay, and sweet water from the Ogallala Aquifer and is primarily
a cow-calf operation, running up to 1,500 head.

They Haythorn Legacy began more than 135 years ago when a 16-year-old
Harry Haythornthwaite, later shortened to Haythorn, stowed away on a ship
bound for the US and when discovered was forced to pay for his passage by
taking care of some white-faced bulls headed for Galveston, Texas. Upon arrival,
he was hired by the man who imported the bulls and for the next eight years
learned what it took to be a cowboy. He made multiple trips up the Texas trail
where he found the Great Plains to his liking and opened a livery stable in
Ogallala, Nebraska and later married Emma Gilpin. The couple filed on a land
grant section four miles east of Arthur, Nebraska, and an American ranching
dynasty was born.
Entering its 6th generation of traditional ranching, the Haythorn Ranch
Company has been breeding American Quarter Horses since before the
registry’s inception in 1940. Currently the ranch pasture breeds 15 to 25 mares
a year and runs 20 to 40 saddle horses in their remuda, which are required to
have good bones and feet, plenty of muscle, a kind disposition with lots of cow
sense. Their horses are versatile and can be used by a wide variety of people for
anything that can be done horseback.
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