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Stockade Companies was headquartered in Hutchinson, Kan., until 2008 when Ford decided to move it closer to his home in Thrall, where he owns a ranch. “He didn’t want to interrupt [the company’s operations],” Patterson said. “We had people hired that lived in Hutchinson or moved to Hutchinson, and it was like, ‘Don’t screw it up.’ Over time they decided that they would like to have the company closer to home.” Another factor for the move was that Ford was in the process of building the newest Montana Mike’s in Georgetown and had just built a new Sirloin Stockade in Taylor. “It made sense for us to be here, so if we invited potential, new franchisees [we could] showcase our newest restaurants or those two new concepts, rather than up in Kansas where we … had converted old Mike’s [restaurants] and old Sirloins that weren’t like what we are doing today,” Patterson said. Over several months in 2008 the company’s employees began making the transition to Taylor. While most work from the Taylor office, some employees are still in Hutchinson and others work from their homes traveling to various restaurant locations. Along with Stockade Companies, Ford, and his son, Monte, own eight Sirloin Stockades and seven Montana Mike’s restaurants in Texas through T. Ford Enterprises and Ford Tex Operating. The original Stockade opened as a steak house. Over time the salad bar concept became popular, and what started as a salad bar, Patterson said, led to the buffet with entrées and sides. Each restaurant varies what it offers, he said. As the company grew to include other franchised Sirloin Stockades, it passed through different owners’ hands, and in 1998 the company opened its first Montana Mike’s. The vision of Montana Mike’s was to take the company’s knowledge of steak and create a full-service, sit-down restaurant. 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