Joe and Abigail Sawyer

Married at a young age, Joe and Abigail Sawyer purchased land north of the Grizzlies Eye Mountain and south of the Grizzlies Back Falls with money they inherited. They turned a rundown old barn found hidden among tall brush, weeds, and trees into a home.

With a handful of good stock beef cattle and four horses, the land became known as Shimmering Meadow Ranch, where Joe and Abigail started a family.

Life flies by quickly when dreams are fulfilled and life is going just the way they planned, or so they thought.