My brother and I were born to multi-generational farmers and ranchers who relocated to Nebraska and South Dakota in the late 1800's. My Mother was a teacher and my Dad was an "old-time cowboy". We fished in the Missouri River, stock ponds, and creeks. We hunted pheasants, ducks, geese, deer and coyotes. We were organic before we knew it was "cool"; raising our own chickens and vegetables, milking our cows and making our own butter, cottage cheese and ice cream! I recall the wonderful smell of freshly mowed hay, jumping into the box of the full grain truck, eating lunch in the shade of haystacks, going to the livestock auction with my Dad, church on Sunday morning, and one or two rodeos each summer…depending on whether the work was completed. In the late fall, I loved to ride my horse to the edge of the shelter-belt, hide among the trees and watch the ducks and geese land in our corn field. Bringing the cattle home in the fall from the north ranch meant several days of getting up before day-break, gathering, trailing them several miles home and weaning and shipping the calves. We worked hard, played hard, and grew up with a love of family and friends and a sense of community.

My great-uncles homesteaded north of Winnett, MT in the 1920's and I loved Montana from the first time I saw it. When I was 5 I said "I'm going to live in the mountains someday". I've now been here 45 years and don't plan on leaving anytime soon. My husband is a retired physician and a writer and shares my love of Montana and the west. Our children are all talented, productive citizens and come to Montana as their time permits

There are sounds, smells, sights, experiences and people that can only be found in a ranching community and each ranch has its own personality. Land holdings are just like us: some large, some small, some open, some closed, tall mountains or peaceful meadows and valleys, but there is one thing they all have in common – they all have a legacy and a story to tell.

If you are selling your ranch, you have been blessed with a gift and an opportunity for a time. It will now pass to the next caregiver. If you are buying a ranch, you are also blessed with the gift of being able to embrace a lifestyle and the land with which you are entrusted.

Dad always told us to leave a place better than we found it but don't try to make it like the place you left. I hope that is what you experience….whether in ranching or your life. I look forward to meeting you and discussing how I can help you create your legacy.

I am Executive Assistant for Gwen and am responsible for marketing, public relations and advertising at Legacy Lands. I am the operations person who keeps everything running smoothly at the firm.

I have known Gwen for more than twenty years and came to Legacy Lands with over thirty years experience in the hospitality and retail industries. My focus and forte is public relations/marketing/advertising.

I've always been very organized and detail-oriented having been mathematics major, but I pride myself on also being a people-person. Having spent most of my life on a ranch in the Rocky Mountains, I share in Gwen and the firm's vision of matching people and land for a harmonious relationship. My marketing and organizational skill sets, combined with my love of people and the area, make for a perfect fit at Legacy Lands. I managed a multi-generational guest ranch in the beautiful Boulder Valley for over thirty years which was founded completely on personal relationships. Our passion for the business and high level of personal service resulted in a 95% repeat business, with multiple generations returning year after year. I am excited to share in creating the same type of environment at Legacy Lands.

I am responsible for marketing and advertising at the firm and have over ten years experience. I gained my experience at an advertising firm in Los Angles and as an entrepreneur in my former ranch and retail businesses. As co-owner and operating manager for the retail business, I additionally performed duties in merchandising, sales and accounting. My partners and I attributed our great success to the same type of personalized service that you will receive at Legacy Lands.

I continue to be an active member of our community. I have served in many capacities including: Cottonwood Resource Council Negotiating Team for Good Neighbor Agreement, Board Chairman of Boulder River Watershed Association, Board of Sweet Grass Chamber of Commerce, Member of Big Timber Downtown Merchants, Chairman of Board of Sweet Grass Health Foundation, Member of Task Force to revise the Sweet Grass Subdivision Guidelines and others. I was also active in 4-H programs, Yellowstone Reining Horse Association and Miss Rodeo Montana and am a retired EMT.

I live on a wonderful fly-fishing stream at the base of the Crazy Mountains in Big Timber, Montana with my husband Steve and our corgi, Gizmo. I enjoy quilting, gardening, hiking, fly-fishing and spending time with my grandkids.

My commercial and journalistic photographic experience goes back a little more than 40 years - I do not remember a time when I did not have a camera in my hands. Photography has been a constant in my life and I have been fortunate enough to have been able to turn my passion into career as well.

After receiving my Master's degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, I began my newspaper career at a small daily on the western slope of Colorado. The American West was not new to me and the opportunity to live there was thrilling. As my career moved forward the next stop was a mid-sized daily in Maryland and then finally a large metropolitan newspaper in Virginia.

My career in photojournalism allowed me to explore many facets of my craft from straight news photography, to sports photography, to fashion photography, to portraiture - virtually every discipline the medium has to offer. I have had the opportunity to photograph 7 U.S. presidents, British Royalty, diplomatic dignitaries, countless celebrities, to have traveled to photograph places as remote as a war zone in Bosnia to the fashion runways in New York City.

I have been published in many magazines, metropolitan newspapers and one photo even made it on Saturday Night Live. During my photojournalism career I have been fortunate enough to have been honored with various awards. The awards that I am most proud of are from the National Press Photographers Association.

About a decade ago, I left newspaper photojournalism to explore new career opportunities in telecommunications but, have been able to maintain my photographic exploration as a constant avocation. I have found several local non-profits, local community theaters and other arts organizations for which I have able to continue to use my photography and give back to the community.

The opportunity to be associated with Montana Legacy Lands has opened up yet another door for my professional photography. I cannot imagine a more perfect union of commercial imagery and artistic opportunity than with photographing some of the most picturesque properties in some of the most visually awe inspiring settings of our country.

Montana Legacy Lands', purposeful knowing of their clients, the properties, the subtleties of people's dreams and desires all goes into the process of making this extraordinary place – the land of gold and silver – home.

My wife and I currently reside in Apex, North Carolina. We have two daughters and two dogs.