The Maxwell family has been farming and ranching in Northern Colorado since 1928, when Paul Maxwell started an orchard, dairy, and dryland farm in Fort Collins (currently the location of the Maxwell Nature Area). In 1964, Stuart Maxwell (Paul’s son) sold the farm to buy land in Red Feather Lakes, where he started a cattle ranch with his two sons, Dan and Michael. Today their children, Carl (Mike’s son) and Haley (Dan’s daughter), are continuing this heritage, returning to the ranch to start a customer direct, grass-fed, grass/grain-finished beef business.