Colorado Experience: Hutchinson Homestead

Colorado’s pioneering spirit is alive and well at the Hutchinson Homestead and Ranch, just outside of Salida. Cattle ranching since before statehood, the seventh generation Hutchinson family still ranches on the same land. Their preserved 1873 two-story homestead and 9 outbuildings are a testament to both the family’s fortitude and high country ranching.

[@jodeneantonson985]

Thank you Hutchinson Family and all who participated in preserving this part of our national history!

[@arnoldaltjr.2099]

My family came to this area from Germany in 1852 and I live just 1/4 mile from the family homestead. We are in Wisconsin so dairy farming was our heritage. I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Wisconsin and a building I helped my Dad build in the early 50's still stands. Great Grand Father raised 18 children. My Dad told me that at one time in 30's we took up a page in the phone book. I can understand the pride the Hutchinson Family has.

[@brittajacobson2523]

I grew up in Glenwood Springs, at 18 I moved to Hawaii. Around 1990 I worked at Naalehu Dairy…. Hard life 365 24/7. Total respect for folks that can exist and homestead in winter.

[@jeanneblondewomanstamping9788]

What an amazing family. Hardy folks. Congratulations to all of them on surviving and thriving through the years. 🤗

[@belvacarpenter1789]

True people too often take our historys for granted.

[@morg52]

Out feeding cattle she puts the truck in lowest gear, gets out and forks the hay off the bed. Then walks up and gets back in behind the wheel again. Can't do that with an automatic, only with a manual.

[@imanutnur7]

The pioneering spirit of this family is wonderful to listen too. Their strength is apparent throughout the years as they struggle to maintain their ranch.

[@johnhutchinson5398]

This is my great grandpa and grandma that this video is telling the story about. Great grandpa also had hundreds of acres of land in central Alabama and our old home of my grandpa is barely still standing but my first cousins live on the property and the McPherson family also has land in Alabama next to ours and we was married into their family back in the early 1800,s or 1700,s. I can’t really remember.

[@nikkiscrochetknook]

My great grandparents were Colorado pioneers yet in the town they settled n built a church in doesn't even show them as part of the town founders I want to get them recognized for their part

[@sallyscott9172]

You have with us!

[@nikkiscrochetknook]

Decide what?

[@tindoortailgator]

Good For You - Abigail Anne Hutchinson, History should Not be Forgotten - But Preserved - for Future Generations, You have to Know your Past so that You Can Move into The Future - One Step at a Time. God Bless your Endeavors, and May Your Future be Prosperous...

[@ColoradoMartini]

Your channel and show have been so helpful to me in making my own videos. I find Colorado Experience to be so comprehensive of our state history. Thank you so much for the time and effort that you put into these videos.

[@darellsunderlin4670]

I was born in Gunnison about the time Wendell was a vet there , we sold cattle for many years in salida . What a marvelous thing he did by saving the ranch , wish more people would have ! Wonderful story , thank you .

[@johnhutchinson5398]

My great grandma and grandpa was joe and Anna Hutchinson. I grew up in Silas Alabama and my great grandpa was given the choice of property in this area of ala and the property is still in the family. We also married into the McPherson family back in the 1800,s. I think that all of us are kin in some way through marriage. I’ve not been able to run down every member of the Hutchinson,s but my middle son has been working on finding out everything he can. I’ve heard stories of my grandpa John Elmore Hutchinson, going out west and working on a cattle ranch that was in our family. I have pictures of my great grandma and grandpa and they are the same people you are showing pictures of on this video. Great grandpa Joseph was also in the civil war and was a captain,I want to say is what he was in the war. We started a family group and pictures are there of great grandpa and grandma and some of the other family members. Check it out and get back in touch with me please. Thanks.

[@sunnybeach4837]

Wonderful story, I love how the kids are learning about the history of homesteading. These kids will grow up understanding that hard work actually does pay off. Great job Hutchinson family 👍👍

[@snoopu2601]

That is really cool to have kids go out to the ranch and learn

[@SuperOlds88]

Do they teach the kids how the land was basically stolen from the natives? Unlike the teachers or the books did when I went to school.

[@snoopu2601]

@@SuperOlds88 have you personally ever been on a Native American Reservation? Just wondering if you are a Collage student.

[@galaxy5086]

@@SuperOlds88 haha cry all you want all you do is perpetuate nonsense, we are all human and life is to be respected.

[@sapulpaorganics5402]

What a great history of the Hutchinson family. This really warmed my heart to see. I lived in Salida for over 17 years and had the pleasure of meeting the legendary "Hutch", what an awesome man. I also got to see the ranch before the restoration began and see the transition before I left Colorado. I really do miss living in the mountains and Salida will always hold a very special place in my heart. Thank you so very much for making this available for all to see!!!

[@Coinbro]

My family had a farm since 1890s my grandmother passed now its a subdivision I sure miss the baby sheep..

[@1927su]

Bravo! Well done & I can’t wait to visit it one day!!

[@danieloshea3326]

Are there a lot of moon crickets in Colorado?

[@lavendersunday8712]

Loved this story..

[@dalekundtz4603]

Great program. It is great to see how this family has been able to continue the legacy of their ancestors. I hope they can continue to educate the school kids about what the pioneers had to go through as they moved west setting up a new and better life for future generations.

[@SuperOlds88]

Right, and to hell with the natives whose land was stolen right?

[@cccccc4532]

Awesome story. Not many families would have kept it going, most would have sold it if times were tuff. Great family. I hope they can keep it going forever!

[@scottcaldwell7480]

How many of those bemoaning the native’s loss of land have homes that hover in midair so they do not occupy former native land?

[@billhosko7723]

Gasp. You told the absolute truth. Thank you.

[@JAWilsonwhitetidelinedesigns]

What a wonderful family and very impressive history at their beloved ranch. Such a lovely group of hard-working folks who understand their connection not only to their forebears, but also to the land, the seasons and the history of their strong, dedicated family. True grit! Thank you, Colorado, for preserving this beautiful ranch and family heritage.

[@iiatargetanalyst3046]

I grew up in Colorado 👍

[@bobbilaval6171]

Whatever happened to Andy?

[@laswan5]

And I wonder where did the Indians go?

[@ajadrew]

Really facinating to watch this sitting here at home in England - We used to farm at Chilton Hall in Suffolk England approx 60 years ago but that land is now covered with houses. The old farm has long gone so you can imagine my joy when coming across a video of someone in that area who was looking for old buildings inc Chilton Hall. He had an old map on screen which showed the farm as it was in 1860 & it was exactly as I remembered it. He then superimposed a modern map over the old one & as you can imagine, Chilton Hall disappeared. Yet he found the old House still called Chilton Hall amongst all the new houses. Perhaps one day I'll knock on the front door & say 'Hi, I used to live here when it was a farm'!

[@racer434443]

My mom maddie name was Hutchinson

[@nyisaminn7640]

ဒီမြင်းဆိုတဲ့ တိရိစ္ဆာန်ဟာ တစ်ချိန်တစ်ခါတုန်း ကတော့ လူသားတွေအတွက် အတော့ကိုအသုံး ဝင်ခဲ့တာပဲနော်...

[@lesliesmith5797]

This is a wonderful family tree of a very dedicated family. It’s a shame that it came at the expense of indigenous people.

[@iiatargetanalyst3046]

Well put

[@josephdillard9907]

Ughh

[@ritaturner9906]

Reminds me of Venetucci Farm a little. Nick didn’t marry until his mother died. Seems like to keep business (farm or ranch) going, it was easier to not marry which you would think would be other way around.

[@JPinthe719]

One side of my family Homesteaded in 4mile and the other side in Matheson, Colorado. I miss all of my grandfather's stories about being born in the now (vacant field) ghost town mining camp of Hollywood, Colorado outside of Victor and all of his adventures as a young man. I'm glad the homestead and ranch house of our Great Uncle August Fry still stands on Teller One - the back way to Canon City. It is great that the Hutchinsons have kept the ranch in the family for well over a 120 years and 7 generations.

[@barbarajacobs3484]

Hubby & I loved this video. Very well done & inspirational. I do have a question. The song they did with the children, about a chicken laying a hard boiled egg. Does anyone know the name of this song?

[@nyisaminn7640]

အခုပြောပြနေတဲ့ လူတွေက ဒီဓာတ်ပုံထဲမှာ ပါတဲ့ လူတွေပဲလားဗျ ..

[@belvacarpenter1789]

This is so sweet I love history especially local history.

[@elizabethannpesco9781]

Wonderful story. WONDERFUL FAMILY!

[@Jimbowiejr]

Been by here a number of times, I'm stopping next time. As a cattlemen this is appreciated.

[@katherinea.williams3044]

Jack Whaley I’ve always wanted to see live cows, the land, etc. It must be quite something that you do! Something about the word ‘cattlemen’ is so very masculine and intriguing. Take care Love & Life from Miami ✨✌🏼

[@katherinea.williams3044]

Whoops, I meant to write Love & Light Love & ‘Life’? Quite a silly oversight

[@SuperOlds88]

They sure passed by the part where they moved the native people off their land awfully quick.

[@lucienvandegaart3611]

No more hunter gatherer it became hunter and animal herder. Land is rough for planting in most spots except for hays. Great life for sure lots of hard work for a simple life wouldn't trade it for the world. Lived it myself. From city to the high seas to ocean front to the mountains I'll always chose nature.

[@11bc22]

How can u own a tree . So ur saying its not yours? Well then .

[@mikejf4377]

They should have put the beehives in a new hive on the property. Wonderful video about this history of this homestead. I’m from Castle Rock, most of the ranch’s in Douglas County have been sold for expansion of subdivisions. It’s very sad to see this.

[@belvacarpenter1789]

Right they passed up a good business opportunity with the bees

[@mikejf4377]

Belva Carpenter I’m not just saying that from a business opportunity, we have lost to many bees, and there our lives now.

[@belvacarpenter1789]

True I was considering that as well. It seems folks forget how important bees are to the ecosystem. Saving them would've been a win win on their part.

[@newsaroundtheworld5363]

Yeah the ranches kicked out the engine's LOLOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂 but for real 💯

[@71kaye]

inviting the Ute tribes back in during the summer would be profitable and educational for both the ranch the tribe.

[@susanleftwich2333]

Those books need to be preserved from air !!

[@lorieawaitley7662]

#225 FEB 12 '20 400 AM 🇺🇸 😎 🎩 Is My Birthday FEB 25th turns 56 yo Today We Can Learn from the Past

[@katherinea.williams3044]

Lorie A Waitley Hope you have a wonderful Birthday! Love & Light from Miami ✨✌🏼

[@susanyates4233]

Fascinating, thank you for this video.

[@debbiedugay8574]

You have all done a brilliant job saving a piece of American history!! I am truly astounded what has been accomplished.

[@Bill-cv1xu]

That's impressive...mho

[@plhebel1]

No military service for any of the male family? Are ranchers exempt from the draft during the 4 war(s) the US was in. Yes I remember the captain from the union army.

[@janetmoore1124]

Not sure, but I would have to know the ages of the various members at the time service might be needed/expected. I'm thinking some would be too old, and others too young, but again, we'd need to know ages.

[@janispayne5570]

I imagine they men worked the ranch and supplied beef to the military to feed troops. Soldiers have to eat.

[@lucienvandegaart3611]

Love history so much it's who we are

[@megb9700]

Thank you for feeding people and caring for the land. You have helped me stay healthy physically, environmentally, and emotionally.

[@milagroscastillo5536]

Awesome documentary

[@lesliekendall5668]

My cousin here in Boise, Idaho is a 3rd generation son still on his Centennial ranch. It started with a couple each having a claim that passed on to their oldest daighter. And then there was my family with 5 brothers with 5 claims, one was my great-grandfather and the youngest married the oldest 2nd generation daughter so their 3 claims merged into one. The ranch still has all the original structures and well, etc in disrepair but my cousin had 10 children which I believe are going to sell it. It's in the N hills of Boise that will easily sell for millions to put in modern subdivisions. To see it sell will absolutely break my heart.

[@LavaLahaie]

What a very enjoyable real genuine story about this great family thank you to the Hutchinson family for sharing and being a cornerstone to your community for all these years

[@mickey6416]

I love history and I especially love this program, but I wish the filmmakers didn't just slip past what happened to the original people of Colorado. The Native Americans weren't just "kicked" off the land, the Utes were increasingly pressured or killed and then eventually forced off their ancestral lands.

[@billhosko7723]

Make your own video then. This video is about THESE people's heritage. Indians MIGRATED to NA, in many smaller groups over thousands of years, there is NO first people.

[@ligayabassham1692]

Fabulous for kids to learn real things from 100 years ago.

[@tooligan113]

Wheres the BEEF??? Ha Ha

[@MiltonGoinsHome]

I'm not from the area, only a visitor, but I love how they've preserved this ranch. Wish my kids could have visited this place when they were younger. Well done!

[@tyreekhill1605]

The little kid in the green and grey jacket with the army hat is me.

[@Inpreesme]

When the indigenous people were moved off the land it was ‘all better’, nice one-sided story you got going there, I would think that the people that were moved off their land might have a different idea how wonderful it is

[@ColorMeRado]

That's not exactly what was said

[@josephdillard9907]

Oh ughhh

[@veritas41photo]

So right. Land ripped from the Utes, and then this family is celebrated... Seems more than a bit one-sided to me.

[@adamfrbs9259]

How'd Bailey end up with the middle name Forbes?....oh idk why I'd ask that lol.

[@valeriegordon8241]

Great video

[@Gitarzan66]

Moo!

[@maggiemae7749]

Love Salida!

[@johnhutchinson5398]

Y’all wouldn’t happen to know if y’all are any kin to any of the Hutchinson’s or Edgers out of Choctaw county Alabama would y’all? I know my grandpa went out west to work on a family member’s ranch but I was so young I can’t remember the state where he worked driving cattle and sheep and other works around the farm. My son has done a lot of research and knew that some of our kinfolks came from England and Ireland. My grandma had many pictures of my grandpa out on the range branding the new cow’s. I can remember my grandpa telling us grandkids stories about the Indians and them coming down to the river to water their horses. I have started a Hutchinson family group and you can probably find it on Facebook

[@danwebb4418]

Greetings from Ireland...

[@johnhutchinson54]

My name is John hutchinson my part of the family settled in Missouri Kansas and Iowa another settled in Michigan we are what is ,called black Irish and English believe some settled down south and out west

[@sallyscott9172]

My great grandfather married a Hutchenson.

[@nunnaurbiznez8815]

Am I the only one who thinks this land is stolen? Probably got that feeling from the first guy who seems rather entitled.

[@stevewapner9061]

Where do you live? Nevermind - I’m not interested, but the point is it should be given back bc at some point it was taken from one tribe by another.

[@dancefan-raul1013]

Hi Nunna, Before the whites came, Colorado was the homeland to the Pawnees and the Utes. Then came the Cheyennes and Arapahos, and took the land by force. Killing left and right, they became the Lords of the Central Plains. Then came the whites and defeated the Cheyennes, and took their land. IMHO singling out just one group (in this case the Whites) is not fair. All groups have blood on their hands. Greetings from Mexico. Raul.

[@billhosko7723]

@@stevewapner9061 The European 'tribes' simply prevailed.

[@cadillacblue3412]

"And the Native people were chased off... there were miners and ranchers who wanted the land and they got it". One simple arrogant sentence about the true owners of that land who were often murdered when they resisted leaving the land of their ancestors. The USA was built on the land stolen and lives lost from some of the greatest cultures in the history of mankind. How are these people pioneers? Only if you are able to close off your eyes from the truth. Your next video should be on Chivington Colorado so we can hear all about the pioneer hero who butchered hundreds of women children and old people at Sand Creek. Colorado lost is more appropriate.

[@dubthedirector]

They have done multiple stories on the native people of Colorado too. Yeah they were great cultures.

[@Jane-nc2fr]

Awesome history

[@jacksonabrams4978]

I hate videos with these HUGE red captions!!! Ughhhhh can't even see the video totally ruins it! Captions are great if they don't block the whole dang screen

[@billhosko7723]

Make your OWN video then Karen "!!!"

[@darrenboone681]

I lived in Colorado for years a never now that was there any I love that stuff.

[@sapulpaorganics5402]

What?????

[@timothydurkan]

Good video. I had to stop watching at minute 42... that dude's voice! Ugh.

[@billhosko7723]

Another KAREN has spoken folks...

[@judefrazier4727]

Do they offer tours for Native Americans interested in seeing where their historic ancestral lands went?

[@justinm108]

F U

[@snoopu2601]

Oh okay the family restored the Ranch like a musium for people to visit. That's cool so people can accully seen feel how people used to live, nothing was instantly like microwave babies we have today grown up everything is right at the corner store.

[@johnwalker4642]

Kicked them out, they go it. Swift is the greed of the human mind.

[@saltzmann1]

The sad thing is people get stoped from living off the land, cutting off things like your utilities are a no go in some places. It's a bit funny if your bill is not paid on time they will cut it off.

[@billhosko7723]

make yer own power then... geez

[@hutch1111111]

I am a Hutchinson, but I am first nations... stolen by the Canadian government and given to a white family. Should visit it one day, looks very interesting

[@jameshaney4590]

My land was right next door to the Hutchinson property and I just learned alot I did'nt even know back then. Great show and good on them. I gave Jennifer Hutchinson a job at the raftingg company I managed.

[@BR-lx7py]

3 of the 4 sons original Hutchinson died in 1950. Was that a coincidence, or did something happen?

[@kwennemar]

Land that was taken from the Indians because they weren't using it is now subsidized by the state of Colorado. How much of the community up there is subsidized? Maybe the land should go back to Ute.

[@brucehutch5419]

Have you ever lived on worked on done or owned a ranch. Done any of the work it took for this family there are those many generations. Are you familiar with Victor Davis Hanson is fifth generation Swed living on his family ranch in central California still active still living in the house that was built by his ancestors. Not some theoretical fantasy.

[@johnhutchinson5398]

My name is John Elmore Hutchinson from Silas Alabama. I have a family group I started not long back and I can swear I have a picture of joesph and Abigail Hutchinson. My grandpa John E Hutchinson Sr. Worked on a ranch out that way back in the early 1900 He was born in the year 1900. At son time grandpa came back over to Silas Alabama and married Ida Edger from Florida. Have you got any information about the Hutchinson’s over here? I. Can remember a story about a Hutchinson marrying a McPherson and I even went to school with some of the McPherson family in the 1960,s.

[@ladycharlenegrace8023]

BRAVO!

[@bajoobiecuzican]

"the ranchers wanted that land from the Indians, and they got it"... Maybe the ranchers should give it back!!!!

[@imanutnur7]

Give it a rest. You must be a liberal.

[@billhosko7723]

@@imanutnur7 Nothing 'liberal' about his mindset. He's a KAREN looking for online likes and validation while he waves his finger so sanctimoniously as he trolls..

[@michaeldalton8374]

So the family does not still own it. It’s a museum. The state of disrepair shows how little they cared for it.

[@brucehutch5419]

The Hutchinsons are a real family a real working Ranch family for 120 years. Not affluent multi-marillionaires who can with all their properly like a garden.

[@vukceklic6006]

The spiffy jeff endoscopically happen because lotion interstingly tip unlike a calculating mandolin. quixotic, murky mattock

[@nancyfarris5093]

Dory's back!

[@1975jstar]

The Natives should have never been kicked off their land. At the beginning the man said they moved out and then retracted and said they were kicked off the land. Very sad.

[@AlwaysLime]

I’m thankful for progress but it’s just not excusable to push people to the side who were already there. It’s an ugly part of history. I don’t know how it should have been handled, but perhaps there was a better way.

[@bethewalt7385]

Very sad that these people's ancestors are seen as poetically heroic instead of the contributors to genocide they truly are, running the native people's off their land because they viewed themselves as superior, Joe and Annabel have native blood on their hands

[@billhosko7723]

idiot

[@deplorablecovfefe9489]

These ranchers are experts at living like English lords while crying poverty... upset they have to do any work at all...

[@billhosko7723]

Idiot. Pure idiot.