WELCOME to Heartland Bison Ranch, which is located 21miles south of Rugby, North Dakota. Rugby is the Geographical Center of North America and it is here that we are bringing back a true legend.........The North American Bison. Heartland Ranch was created in 1996 on a quarter of land south of Rugby ND. Their first ten bison calves hit the ground in the spring of 1997. The summer of 1998, Lee and Rebecca made the move to purchase 700+ acres in southern Pierce County and growth continued with the herd reaching over 100 stock cows. The ranch is steeped in history. Here at Heartland Bison we have been fortunate to have the North Dakota State Archaeologist visit our ranch, half a dozen times, for summer classes. This has led to some interesting discoveries. Based on the number of bison bone fragments and other artifacts, the Heartland Bison Ranch land seems to have been used as a camp, by Native Americans, for processing buffalo after the hunt. The historic relationship between bison and Native Americans living in the area has been documented on the ranch. It appears that this relationship goes back for hundreds of years. There has also been documentation and evidence found on the ranch that George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry used an area on the ranch as a reconnaissance camp. Artifacts found included a portion of a rifle, buckles and some uniform buttons. As we look to the future, Heartland Bison Ranch will continue to promote the many health and environmental benefits of bison. We have a mission to help people understand and appreciate the prairie ecosystem and THE GREAT AMERICAN BISON, the animal we all know as the Buffalo, the animal that we at the ranch have grown to love.