About Me & BTL

My name is Morghan Gillespie, I’m a rancher in the Sacramento mountains of southern New Mexico. At Gillespie Ranch we run a cow calf operation on 30,000 acres and have a small crew made up of family. I started Bear Tree because of my love for the art and the constant failure of mass-produced gear. I found that the gear I made lasted longer and was more reliable than anything we bought in store and wanted to share that with others. I am also a full-time mom; my kids are often found out on the ranch or in the shop with me helping out. BTL is a small business I started out of my home. I have since grown and have a small shop we built out of a shed. I am a one-man crew in the leather shop, so every item is hand made by myself. I put in an endless amount of care and detail into each of my items to ensure they are something I would trust on the job myself.