HISTORY

Glenn and Bertha Keithly established Keithly Ranches on the shores of Lake County, California’s beautiful Clear Lake a few miles north of Kelseyville in the early 1900s.  They later acquired rangeland West and Southwest of Lakeport.

Over the years, the ranch produced pears, sheep, turkeys, cattle, walnuts, hay, and even had a small dairy.

Glenn and Bertha’s son, Richard, and his wife, Loris, were the second generation to work the ranch.

Richard and Loris’ sons, Allen and Michael, have moved on to different careers.  Most of the land has been rented to local cattlemen.

When Richard Keithly passed in 2001, his son, Mike, took over managing the ranch.  Mike and his wife, Dena (who grew up on a local egg ranch), have two children, Glenn and Jennifer.  Jennifer absolutely loves all types of critters.  She was an active member in 4-H and FFA.  Throughout her years in 4-H, she had three grand champions and a reserve grand champion market lamb at our local fair.  She has now graduated from California State University, Chico, with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science and is in the Masters Program at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT.

Because of Jennifer’s enthusiasm for raising livestock, Jennifer, together with Dena (her mom) and Mike (her dad), have put Keithly Ranches back in the livestock business once again. 

Mike and Dena are the third generation on their ranch and Jennifer is the fourth generation.  It is exciting to re-establish our roots and hopefully we can continue to maintain the ranch for future generations.

Our web page has been produced by Jennifer’s brother, Glenn.  Thank goodness someone around here is computer literate!  Thanks, Glenn!