Norval Brookins and his family bought Asbill Ranch in 1926 and, during the following decades, added all the land described above, plus a few more parcels. When the Brookins’ sold the land in 1963, the ranch was almost at the present size.

Bob and Beverly Kleeman ran the ranch as a dude ranch for a few years in the mid-1960s. People in the area still remember how a couple of Lake County’s rodeos took place at the ranch during their ownership.

Russell Rustici and his sister Corinne bought the ranch in 1967, and Russell ran it as a well respected cattle ranch until Kaj & Else Ahlmann purchased in 2000.