The ZF Ranch dates back to 1885 when Nels Johnson came to Colorado from Mt. Pleasant, Utah to homestead 160 acres just east of Mesa. Nels passed the ranch to his son, Arthur, who, in turn, passed it to his daughter,  Bertha A. Lloyd. The ranch is now owned and operated by Bertha's son William R. Stoddard and his wife Heather, where they raise beef cattle and horses and a crop of hay.