Broken Arrow Ranch Farm Stand

Broken Arrow Ranch & Sanctuary (BARS) provides lifetime sanctuary for seven formerly wild equines—five Mustangs from the Steens Mountain herd in southeastern Oregon, and two horses from the Yakima Reservation. Life here is designed to honor where they came from: wide ranges to move and forage on, minimal handling, and as much freedom as domestication allows. These horses aren't pets or companions. They are wild at heart, and the organization’s mission honors that. Learn more here

Broken Arrow Ranch & Sanctuary is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization | EIN #88-3141963

The Blissful Heart, a wellness center based in Bend, Oregon, has found a home base for their herd of twenty horses here at the ranch and their presence is anything but passive. Through rotational grazing, these horses are playing a direct and vital role in healing the land. Their hooves aerate compacted soil, their manure returns micronutrients to the earth, and their movement patterns mimic the native grazing behavior that shaped these high desert landscapes for thousands of years. This herd of healing-hooves are actively restoring the land alongside human hands. Learn about the ranch’s Regenerative Land Initiative here

The Oregon Tarpans are a small herd that may carry the unbroken genetic legacy of North America's original native horse. Formally recognized under the Tarpan Registry of America, these horses bear a striking resemblance to the ancient equines depicted in European cave art, and their existence quietly challenges the assumption that horses disappeared from the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. Their modern lineage traces back to the 1950s, when Harry Hegardt of Redmond, Oregon, gathered wild horses from eastern Oregon that displayed rare primitive traits—grulla coats, dun markings, distinctive facial patterning—and carefully stewarded them to breed true. Today, the Oregon Tarpans live at Broken Arrow Ranch under the care of their custodian-owner Jordanna Anawalt, who also serves as one of the ranch's managers. Their presence here is both a act of preservation and an invitation to remember something ancient.