One of our local historical “legends” was a man named “Bear George” McClellan. He lived not far from my house which means in his written stories, I can recognize many of the places he talks about. I have copies of some of the articles he wrote for popular magazines of his day. Some stories seem…
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Bear Stories 4
One of our local historical “legends” was a man named “Bear George” McClellan. He lived not far from my house which means in his written stories, I can recognize many of the places he talks about. I have copies of some of the articles he wrote for popular magazines of his day. Some stories seem…
Bear Stories 3
One of our local historical “legends” was a man named “Bear George” McClellan. He lived not far from my house which means in his written stories, I can recognize many of the places he talks about. I was recently given copies of his obituary and remembrances of him. I also have copies of some of…
Bear Stories 2
One of our local historical “legends” was a man named “Bear George” McClellan. He lived not far from my house which means in his written stories, I can recognize many of the places he talks about. I was recently given copies of his obituary and remembrances of him. I also have copies of some of…
Freezing in the Past
With the snow and fog and cold temperatures, (-14* this morning), Vernon was talking about how glad he was to not have to pitch hay from a bouncing hay trailer anymore. I agreed. Granted, I didn’t do it as much as he has, but I did my time… and I wondered if I had an…
Bear Stories
One of our local historical “legends” was a man named “Bear George” McClellan. He lived not far from my house which means in his written stories, I can recognize many of the places he talks about. I was recently given copies of his obituary and remembrances of him. I also have copies of some of…
Collected Stories 17
The following is part of the papers in the Oscar Hoback collection as collected by Edna Greet. With this entry, we will leave Oscar Hoback behind unless I can dig up his letters from the Spanish American War. I have a new set of historical stories to share in the coming weeks! The war then commenced….
Thanks
My last trip to the physical therapist was today. Whoop, whoop! The guys at Worland Fyzical are amazing. I’ve gone from using a wheelchair to a walker to a cane to nothing. I’ve relearned how to walk without a limp, (who knew your brain keeps telling you to limp even if you don’t have to?)…
Changes
I’ve tried to create my top ten list for 2024, but I have had minor issues with my blog, and creating that list, unfortunately, is one of my difficulties. I’ve hired GoDaddy to work on things, but I haven’t heard about details yet. <big sigh> I’ll also recreate my link to Facebook, cure the comment…
Standouts
I had to get the grandkids to model their Christmas presents. All eight received these various Hi-Vis sweatshirts. Of course, three can’t be in the photo here, but here’s the rest of ‘em. Yes, I plan on sewing Reagan’s sleeves up for her… they only had adult sizes… but the coolest thing? They all came…
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The following is part of the papers in the Oscar Hoback collection as collected by Edna Greet. The Hole-in-the-Wall first gained a national notoriety through the train robbery at Wilcox, Wyoming, on June 2, 1899, The robbers left the Union Pacific railroad and headed north to Casper. Crossing the Platte on the Casper…
Back in the Day
So many of the old photos I’m going through are those of the Greet family. Not near as many belong to Vernon’s mother’s family, the Alexanders. I know very little about them other than Milton Alexander was caught up in the Spring Creek Raid as one of the “raiders” on that unfortunate night. After being…