family’s first annual production sale in 1915. August 1, 1920, Darrell Sutor (3rd generation) was born. Beside his father, Earl they continued to raise high quality Hereford cattle. Show- ing at Chicago, Kansas City, Denver as well as the prominent state and regional shows. An interesting story that must be told is that during World War II German prisoners of war were held at Fort Hays, 40 miles southeast of the ranch. Every day a truck was loaded up with prisoners and brought to the ranch. They built the sale barn used for many years. The relationship between the Sutors and the prisoners was a good one. They were paid, fed, and remained friends after the war. Darrell married Joy in 1943 and they
began their family; Linda Sutor, 1953 Darla Sutor Moore (4th generation), and Lorna Sutor Pelton, carried on the Sutor traditions of showing and rais- ing cattle during their younger years. Darla and Lorna went on to own and operate farms/ranches of their own. Darla married Charlie Moore and they own and operate H Bar Ranch in Scott County, Kansas. Their children Dana Moore Pieper, Kevin Moore, and Shellie Moore Collins (5th gen- eration), each have found their place among the industry too. Dana and her husband David along with their two children Cody & Cady currently run the historical ranch, now named Pieper Land & Cattle. They continue to operate a Hereford herd along with
he Collins sisters: Cierra, Claire and Cricket, were destined from the beginning to be cattlewomen. With roots of cattle breeding and history spanning both sides of their ancestry. The Legacies of two ranches. Kinder Farms/Collins Cattle Inc., Frederick, Oklahoma and Sutor Hereford Farms, Palco, Kansas are the backbone of their parents’ upbringing and the foundations of the present operations. The fact that Colby and Shellie didn’t meet until she was 21 and he was 28 seems ironic now. The similarities of the family’s histories and how inter- twined their family’s history is, makes it seem like they should have grown up together. But the two-decade time difference of each family stepping- stones to the present contributed to the late meeting. Here is the history behind Shellie’s maternal family’s history… Sutor Hereford Farms, Zurich, KS was founded in 1885 by three brothers referred by the family as the uncles; Henry, Martin and John (1st gen- eration) Having safely arrived from Ireland, traveled to Illinois, they obtained a timber claim in Rooks County, KS establishing the original homestead. Over the years Hereford cattle were introduced and became the primary breed of cattle raised. Earl Sutor (2nd generation) was born in … during his management of the ranch he catapulted Sutor Hereford Farms to the forefront of the breed. He held the
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