In 1916, Edgar and Arra Woodward moved from Missouri to a farm northwest of Snyder, Colorado.  On December 29, 1919, Edgar purchased some adjoining property for their son Russell, who bought this farm from his father in 1927.  Russell and his wife Lorraine raised five sons on this farm and lived there until 1964. Their son Lowell and his wife Phyllis moved into the house and built a state of the art dairy. In 1968, Lowell and his brothers John and Barton created Woodward Inc. (later Wildcat Ranches). The farming and ranching operation grew to 5,000 acres in the Snyder area. In the mid 1970s they purchased 18,000 acres north of Weldona, Colorado. Unfortunately, high interest rates and the farming crisis of the 1980’s forced the dissolution of the corporation. Lowell was able to retain the house and 240 acres. In 1994, Lowell’s daughter Jan, her husband Dennis Brandenburg and their four children moved to the house and purchased it in 1998 and acquired the land in 2012. Jan rents the farmland to a neighboring farmer. Jan’s children are the fourth generation to live on the farm and have expressed their desire to ensure that the farm remains in the family.