Crown Ranch LP

Crown Ranch, a Weatherford, Texas, cutting horse facility owned by Chad and Amie Bushaw, is named after a North Dakota ranch started during the 1890s by Chad's great great grandfather, the late Minor Williams.

Chad and his wife have three sons, Charles Russell, Will James, and Wesley Jensen. Chad's ancestors started the first Crown Ranch as a cattle ranch 111 years ago in White Earth, N.D. "They started the ranch with 25 registered Angus cattle and they registered the brand in 1909," said Chad, who eventually christened his ranch with the name.

He often rides saddles built from a stamp dating to the original Crown Ranch, and he also owns several items actually from the original ranch. Joan Jensen, his grandmother and a longtime North Dakota resident born and raised near the original ranch, often told Bushaw stories about ranch life all those years ago. She passed away in January 2010 at age 88.