Bath Brothers Ranch Randy & Laurie Dunn T he last three years have been a hard adjustment, learning to live di ff erently without our daughter, sister, and “auntie”, Ashley Dunn. Ashley was an irreplaceable piece of our fam- ily, Bath Brothers Ranch, and the Come to the Source Horse Sale. She was a country girl at heart, who enjoyed riding horses, shooting prairie dogs, and running the side rake during haying season. She had a deep love for the ranch and could regularly be found feeding cows with Lee, tagging newborn calves, working cattle and keeping records. Ashely also loved documenting ranch life and sharing her inspired photog- raphy on social media platforms. She kept others “in the know” on the dally happenings on the ranch with her photos of snow-dusted newborn calves, sunsets over the Snowy Range, and her o ft en viral, fun and crazy Tik-Tok posts. In fact, Ashley documented ranch life so thoroughly that Randy could no
B ath Brothers Ranch - 158 years, same family, same ranch. When the Bath Fam- ily arrived in this country in 1867, they brought horses. For over 150 years now, horses have grazed this same prairie and been relied upon for work. We feel blessed to be the 6th, 7th and 8th generations on this ranch and have the opportuni- ty to continue raising great horses and passing along traditions. My ancestors, the Baths, came to Laramie in the spring of 1868. Th e railroad followed in the fall, and the Territory of Wyoming was formed. Th e Baths built the fi rst wood- framed building in Laramie in 1869 before moving to the Little Laramie Valley to start raising cattle and horses. Th e Bath Brothers had a long and strong tradition of raising good using horses and reputation cattle. In the 1930’s, they raised Remount Horses for the government. Th ey began raising Quarter Horses in the late 30’s, and became AQHA mem- bers in the early 40’s. My wife, Laurie, and I continue the 150+ year tradition of raising quality horses on the same ranch. We still use the family’s original AQHA number (#7965) as our Life- time AQHA number, and carry on the same principles that have been handed down for eight generations in the Bath family. Our horses are easy keepers with good minds, speed, bone, and immense cow and athletic ability. Our ranch is one of the oldest work- ing ranches in Wyoming and our brand is one of the oldest recorded in the state. Our horses are raised in big, open pastures alongside of the cattle. Our program includes grandsons and granddaughters of Blue Valentine. We have success- fully crossed these with Dri ft wood to make exceptional multidiscipline performance horses. We use the horses we raise and feel they o ff er the genetic strength to perform and compete in any discipline or arena. We are ranchers raisin’ good horses! ~ Randy Dunn
longer bury any type of equipment in the mud without it being public knowledge! Ashley loved the Come to the Source sale, particularly the people, passionately promoting the event, showcasing the preview on Facebook Live, and clerking out customers at the end of the sale. To say we miss her does not adequately express the immeasurable loss we feel daily in her absence. To our beloved Ashley - We love you. We Miss You. You are forever in our hearts.
T his spring we lost another piece of our crew, and our hearts, with the passing of Jeannette Haywood. Jeannette was a devoted daughter, supportive mother, loving partner, dedicated teacher, and essential component of the Come to the Source Horse Sale. Everyone who has “Come to the Source” in person un-
doubtedly saw Jeannette washing babies, cleaning pens, handling mares and foals in the sale ring, and taking care of anything else that needed to be done. You probably visited with her as well – she was an avid supporter of Bath Brothers horses, owning several herself, and loved talking to customers about the great value she saw and had experienced with these magni fi cent horses. She spent much of her free time helping on the ranch, from turning out stallions and branding calves in the spring to halter breaking foals every summer.
Jeannette lived her life demonstrating that you are never too old to set anoth- er goal or dream a new dream. She was the most true and loyal of friends and her outlook on life, strength and perse- verance were exceptional. Our lives, the halter breaking experience at “the little red barn” on Bath Brothers ranch, and Come to the Source will never be the same without her. Rest in peace, dear friend!
AQHA 50 year cummulative Breeding Award S ince Bath Brothers Ranch started registering o ff spring in 1943 we have registered nearly 900 horses. Our ranch has bred and raised over 5000 head dating back to the Ranch’s establishment in 1868. Since the 1800’s, all our horses have carried the Running M brand. Bath Brothers Ranch has used the Blue Valentine and Dri ft wood lines as the corner stone for our breeding program. Gooseberry, Ruano Rojo, Leo Hancock Hayes and Blues Beard were all sons of Blue Valentine that built our program to what it is today. Th anks to our good friend and sale partner Chip Merritt, who owned Gooseberry, we raised Valentine Red Rogers. Th rough Ruano Rojo we raised Like A Son Of Blue and through Leo Hancock Hayes we raised Hancock Wiggy Bar and Hancock Red Wiggy many other grandsons as well. From Stanley and Randy Johnston, we incorporated the bloodlines of Orphan Dri ft and Poco Speedy. My Dri ft y Pride came to us from Porter Willis breeding program. Th e horses we’ve raised from our Blue Valentine Dri ft wood cross have sustained our program for more than 40 years. In that time, we produced AQHA World Show quali fi ers in working cow horse and barrel racing. Along with countless winners in multiple events in PRCA Rodeos.
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