The Story Behind

Anthony's ancestor’s roots stretch back to the early days of settling in Eastern Oregon when pioneers were settling the area after the civil war.  When WW II began, his grandfather (Billy Leggett) was drafted into the Army where he served in the 820th as an engineer.  This meant that many times he was in front of the front lines building roads, bridges, and runways.  Many times, he was among the first of the armed forces to enter into war-torn areas.  When entering these areas, he noticed that people who lived in the cities suffered greater challenges and struggled to feed their families than those who were living in the country.  In the country people often had livestock and gardens that allowed them to produce their own food and were able to survive the war.  Upon returning from the war, he married his sweetheart Doris May Bond.  He took advantage of the GI bill and was able to purchase some early John Deere Tractors and the farm where we currently live.  For him this land was sacred, and he called it “A Place of Refuge,” for the family to turn to in hard times.  He and his father-in-law, Lester Herndon Bond, lived side by side.  In time Lester passed away leaving the two farms to Billy, who farmed it for many years until his health began to fail.  At that time Anthony’s father, stepped in and took over the family farm where he successfully operated it for the next 40 years. 

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In 2016 we returned to the family farm located at the base of the Elkhorn Mountains in Eastern Oregon where we built a house.  Returning to the family farm was a life-long dream of Anthony's as he dreamed of carrying on the family legacy and see that the farm stay in the family for 100 years.  This required some adjustments for the family as the kids had previously been living within the city limits of a small rural town.  Anthony knew that this was the life he wanted for the kids so that they would have opportunities to learn how to work, have freedom, and appreciate nature in it's beauty.