We are the fifth generation of Eatons on this ranch living off the land and cherishing its natural beauty. We would like to share the land and our story with you:

The story of the Eaton Season’s Ranch begins with the Eatons four generations ago. Great Grandpa L. Eaton and his son, Dewey Eaton bought the land in the 1930s. They farmed wheat, peas, and barley. Grandpa Dewey decided he wanted to raise cows more than he wanted to raise a grain crop. So in the late 1930s he bought some canyon land.

Grandpa and Grandma decided to move down to the river where it was warmer. By then, Joe’s dad, Jerry, and his brothers were getting old enough to farm and raise cows too. Jerry and his brother, Uncle Les, decided to farm and raise cows together. They added to the ranch in the 1960s and made it what it is today. They added on piece by piece. Uncle Les resides on the summer ranch in Emida, Idaho and Jerry raises cows here with Joe on the winter ranch. This is the winter ranch because in the winter it is warm and it is ideal winter weather for the cows and us! The summer ranch cools off in the evening and it gives us rotational grazing so the pastures can rest in between seasons.

We love the stories Dad tells us about his mom using a gas motor powered washing machine and in the winter she would haul the clothes up to the attic to hang dry them. Jerry and Joe still reside in the houses they grew up in here on the ranch. Grandpa Dewey and Grandma Ruth used pack horses and the two of them built fence along the ridge on the ranch.

The road that leads to the ranch used to be a dirt road that you could only travel on when weather was good…until the early 60s. The school bus driver lived down river from them and he would pick them up in the morning on the way to his work in Colton and drop them off on the way home from work. There was no electricity until 1946 and the phone came much later.

The youngest two generations of Eatons consist of Nikki & Joe and our three children. Molly (7) loves to play in the creek areas and find things. She is quite the entomologist and will pick up just about any insect and gets very excited when she finds moving living things in the soil or under rocks. Samantha (4) loves to pack her back pack and bring everything she possibly can with her on outside journeys. She loves to eat fresh fruit when we are fruit picking. If we can ever get Clayton (2.5) off of his little battery operated John Deer four wheeler, he loves to dig in the dirt with his shovel and run his trucks and tractors in the dirt. When we hike, sliding down the trails is his favorite.