Enchanted Springs Ranch is owned and operated by Steve and Vicki Schmidt. You may have run into Steve in his previous life as an Air Force pilot, PhD statistician, University Professor or as a world re-known Six Sigma consultant. He created Air Academy Associates, an internal consulting firm, and wrote several college and industry oriented text books: Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments, Basic Statistics and Knowledge Based Management. Executives, managers, scientists and engineers all over the world have benefited from his straight-shooting consulting techniques. When he hung up his consulting pistols in 2000, he created what is now a world-wide visitor tourist attraction, film location and private party ranch.
The entertainment staff is managed by Pistol Packin' Paula, world champion gun twirler. She is the main attraction at Enchanted Springs Ranch who also trains other actors and/or stunt persons.
Ranch employees consists of family members plus professional wranglers and other entertainers. You will find the staffers wearing some form or vintage cowboy attire and full of lots of colorful and often times humorous stories.