Founding of the Ranch In 1950 Harold and Marilyn Rinehart purchased the McNamara's ranch in northern Hyde county. They moved in 1951. For the first two years they mostly raised sheep, but switched to cattle in 1953. Family Harold and Marilyn had four children, Barbara (1950), Deborah (1951), Brady (1956), and David (1958). Barbara lives in Arthur Nebraska; she is the mother to four children, Justin, Todd, Randy, and Jerrian. Deborah lives in Highmore, South Dakota; she has one son, Nicholas. Brady and his wife Wendi live on the Pompadour Hills ranch; they have three children, Ryan, Jacob, and Kylee. David lives in Sully county, South Dakota; he has two children, Travis and Tate. Changing of the guard In 1982 a partnership was formed between Harold and his two sons. In 1987 Harold had a serious stroke and retired from active management of the the ranch. Operation of the ranch was taken over by the boys. In 2003 in the partnership was dissolved; Brady and Wendi retained ownership of the ranch headquarters and the Pompadour Hills name and brand. Limousin cattle From 1953 to 1969 the Rineharts raised Herefords. However in 1969 they became interested in Limousin cattle, which were just then being introduced into the United States from France. By 1977 they had the largest herd of registered Limousin cattle in the state of South Dakota. The Pompadour Hills ranch was named after Pompadour Prince, the first Limousin bull exhibited in the United States. Harold purchased Pompadour Prince semen for his own herd. The tradition has continued into the next generation; Brady and Wendi raise quality commercial Limousin cattle. Quarter horses The Pompadour Hills Ranch is a working ranch used and still uses quarter horses for work and pleasure In the early 1960's Harold and family started seriously raising and breeding quarter horses. In 1963 they began showing horses that they raised and used in local horse shows. They went to show horses at 4H horse shows and at AQHA horse shows. Besides being shown at horse shows, Pompadour Hills horses were used in 4H rodeos, high school rodeos, amateur rodeos and PRCA rodeos. Brady and Wendi started an AQHA lifetime membership in 1981. They started raising, breeding, and selling quarter horses, and have been ever since. Rinehart quarter horses have been sold by private treaty and local select sales. Rodeos The Rinehart family has been active in cutting and rodeo. Brady roped and steer wrestled. He had his PRCA card and made it to the SDRA finals and the Bad Land circuit finals. He retired from active rodeo and took up cutting. His son Ryan was the boys SD high school cutting horse champion in 1994. Jacob won the boys SD high school cutting horse championship in 2001. Jacob is in the top 30 steer wrestlers in the PRCA. Their sister Kylee has been an SDRA finals qualifier in breakaway roping. Barbara Rinehart's sons Todd and Randy Suhn are PRCA members and PRCA national finalists. Todd made the finals ten years consecutively.