The following is part of the papers in the Oscar Hoback collection as collected by Edna Greet. Frank Davis, Alias “Black Mike” Frank Davis, alias “Black Mike Smith,” sneak thief, horse thief, check forger, and postoffice robber, on May 11, 1905, attempted to pass a forged check in the Wolton saloon, which caused…
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“I did not hunt any the next day but contented myself following the others around just keeping in Kodak range and trying to get a snap at one of them in the act of firing at game. But we had no luck and spent the second night in camp with nothing killed except the one…
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Written by E. L. Pyle, Bigtrails, Wyo. In the “Hole-in-the-wall” Country. Several years ago we received a letter from one of mother’s brothers, O. E. Hoback, (then a blacksmith in a small western town) describing a hunting trip in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming. It has so interested every one…
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LIFE OF O. E. HOBACK as told to Edna Greet (Vernon’s grandmother) Additional Notes: 1907 to Nowood from Wolton, there three years. To Lost Cabin short time, driving state. Married early 1910, to Carl De Groot Sawmill in Natrona County, Wyoming at head of Buffalo Creek on east slope of Big Horn Mountains, Mary born. …
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LIFE OF O. E. HOBACK as told to Edna Greet (Vernon’s grandmother) Uncle Joe went to Casper in 1902 or 1903. He had married a girl named Eva McGrath in New Mexico a few years before, and they had two babies. He worked for W. S. Kimball a jeweler and watch repairman. He also…
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LIFE OF O. E. HOBACK as told to Edna Greet (Vernon’s grandmother) A blacksmith by the name of Henry Nettman had a shop in Sheridan, and whenever Oscar was in town he enjoyed hanging around the shop and watching the work. When Nettman offered him a job in the fall of 1896 he quit the…
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LIFE OF O. E. HOBACK as told to Edna Greet (Vernon’s grandmother) Wondering, Oscar asked what it was, and O’Day replied, “Destroy that little book you have in your pocket.” So Oscar followed him into a bunkhouse behind the livery stable, and O’Day watched as he threw the note book with all its…
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Well, as I rotate between having my knee elevated and accomplishing what little housework I can do, I was wondering what I was going to write about. I had nothing. Then I remembered today that I was supposed to have published another section of Oscar Hoback’s stories. Ooops. Sorry about that! LIFE OF O. E….
Sports
Over Christmas vacation, Ten Sleep School will be in their new building. I’ve spent many an hour in this gym. It’s fun and sad to watch… but I won’t get over emotional… there’s more volleyball and basketball to go! Meanwhile, Quinlan and Jaxon are busy on the old football field.
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LIFE OF O. E. HOBACK as told to Edna Greet (Vernon’s grandmother). Oscar now walked on to the ranch where Joe was working on Gypsum Creek and stayed with him a couple months, June July. He then started out to walk to Will’s homestead on Flag Creek. When he was within a few miles of…
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LIFE OF O. E. HOBACK as told to Edna Greet (Vernon’s grandmother). He had worked hard and had only bought a few necessities at the company store – an ax, two pairs of overalls, a jumper, some cotton gloves, some socks and two quilts. But when the time came for the company to settle with…
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LIFE OF O. E. HOBACK as told to Edna Greet (Vernon’s grandmother). Arriving in Denver, he found that he was still a long way from either brother. He had only a few dollars left, so he talked to the ticket agent, who named the different places to which his money might take him. Oscar decided…