The Story Behind This Place
Land That Remembers
This is native land. Untouched, unhurried, and alive in a way that quietly captured our hearts the moment we first stepped onto it. We didn't see a property to develop. We felt a responsibility to protect what this land has always been meant to be: wild, rooted, and alive.
We may be the owners on paper, but that title feels too small for what this place asks of us. No one truly owns land like this. It is meant to be enjoyed, shared, and passed forward. Our role is simply to be its stewards and to open the door for others to experience it.
This land is the ancestral home of the Ioway Baxoje Nation. The land was forcibly taken through 19th century U.S. treaties imposed on their communities. We honor their enduring connection to this place and their stewardship of its beauty and resources. As present caretakers, we commit to respecting this heritage and enriching the land with reciprocity and respect.
The funds from the cabin are a huge part of what makes the restoration and preservation of this beautiful land possible. Planting native grasses, restoring the oak canopy, clearing invasives, planting over 300 trees. When you walk these trails, you are walking land that is healing. The cabin was built to honor the timber already here. Nothing about this place is manufactured. It is uncovered.
