Namesake

At home on the range. Colin and I are thrilled about the response we've gotten so far from our posts! We're so grateful that you all have taken the time to read about our passion for cattle and rural America.

First off, we'd like to give some much deserved credit to the "namer" of our blog. Thanks Holly for thinking up such a great name! If it weren't for your insights during an organic chemistry lecture we wouldn't have such a fitting name for our blog!  

Our animals truly are at home on the range. It's where they live out their lives, happy and content on the grass and grain the good Lord provides. 

We too are at home on the range....If home is where the heart is, the range definitely holds a special place in our hearts. 

Not only is the name catchy and fitting for Kansas and how we feel about the range, but the Kirchhoff farm sits about 40 miles from the site in Smith County where our state song, Home on the Range was written by Daniel E. Kelley. A coincidence...we think not. Mr.Kelley sure knew what he was taking about when he struck a chord in the hearts of all America with his simple lyrics. 

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,

Where the deer and the antelope play,

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word

And the skies are not cloudy all day.

At home on the range: raising cattle in America's heartland.

- Alissa