History of Nash/Deewall Herefords

Jane Nash Deewall’s Grandfather, Walter C. Nash, acquired the first cattle of the herd in 1914. The cattle were from Gudgell & Simpson breeding and were purchased via two Canon City, Colorado breeders, William A. MacKenzie, and George Crow.
Walter Nash, and his son, Franklin, age 16, made two landmark purchases in the early 1930’s with the purchases of the bulls, Dominant Mischief from W.N Balyney, and Advance Domino 84 from Fred C. DeBerard. Many of today’s herd trace directly back to these two bulls. One of the first landmark sires to be born on the Nash Ranch was Tonie Mischief, born in 1938, and was sired by Dominant Mischief with a Hazford Tone 33 dam. 

One of the major foundation sires, Pres Mischief 33, was a double-bred Dominant Mischief, born in 1948. Franklin wrote on his pedigree, “He and the 29th were the top calves of the 48 crop. They both made herd bulls that we loved”. The 33rd was the sire of Pres Mischief 68, born in 1954. Pres Mischief 68. In Franklin’s words about Pres Mischief 68, “nobody had a better one, than this bull, in his time. He came as near to having it all as any bull in the breed in the late 1950s.  His dam was 18 years old when she dropped her last calf”. The 68th was a double bred Dominant Mischief and also a double bred Advance Domino 84.  

Three strong sons of Pres Mischief 68 were used extensively in the herd- Mischief AB, AB Misch 86 (They were full brothers), and Real Misch 110. Franklin wrote about the full brothers “They were truly magnificent bulls that showed a lot of size, muscle and correctness. Ten sons and many grandsons of these two bulls have been used in the herd”. Real Misch 110 was a long trim and extremely stylish bull. Many of the cows in the Nash herd go back to this bull. 

 One of the ten sons was Beau AB 147, born in 1962. Franklin used several of his sons and the bull left several daughters in the herd.  During this linebreeding time, Franklin would occasionally go purchase a bull sired by a Nash bull that he had sold to another breeder. That is the case with Misch Real, a bull that he introduced into the herd, sired by Nash bred Adv Real, an AB Misch 86 son. Triple President was another of these purchases from the Marvin Bohmont herd. Both of these bulls appear several times in the pedigrees of today’s cattle.