Roundup camp, 1907, Bates Creek, Wyoming. Photo by Oscar Hoback. Notice the cowboys at rest under the canvas taken off the wagon.
Tag: history
#TBT: Golden Rule Grocer Co.
I’m researching my family heritage… using different ways to decipher all the information out there besides just using ancestry.com. I’m presenting a Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy class in a couple of weeks, and figured a few examples of thinking outside the box might come in handy! I know for a fact my great grandfather, William…
#TBT: Saddle Up
No caption. No date. Just a bunch of cowboys saddling up next to the cook tent.
#TBT: Threshing Crew
Bonus: A Puzzle for You! Autumn Haying
#TBT: Whoa, Son
Ernest Greet and “Shiver”
Traditions!
(I always say that word like Tevye does… TRADITIONS!) Last night’s blog got me to thinking… what are my family’s Christmas traditions??? Well, first of all… Christmas Eve is Oyster Stew. With none of my family around, meaning my parents and brother and sister, the only ones to eat oyster stew are Daniel and I. …
Reminiscing
I thought you might enjoy this story from “Some Reminiscing of Mine” by James E. Greet, February, 1991. **** “We went to Grandma’s for Christmas one winter. I was probably three or four years old. It was about nine miles up the mountain to Grandma’s. Mom drove the team and buggy. The buggy didn’t have…
65 Years Difference
Since I went past this Friday, I thought I’d share… Powder River Pass, September 2015… Powder River Pass, 1950. I just get such a kick out of these old photos… still!
Shiver
Another favorite. “Ernest Greet and Shiver” What a horse Shiver was! and doesn’t it make you wonder… how’d he get that name?
Cool
I feel like I didn’t accomplish much today… They weren’t very physical, I guess! I started to scan some of the old family photos… after figuring out the best way to do it, it went fairly fast. Scanning at a higher dpi slowed the process down extensively, so I didn’t. I imagine I may regret…
Boysen Dam
For any Wyoming history buffs out there… Here are two photos I found interesting. Boysen Dam is south of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Construction began in 1946. It is a rockfill dam, eventually reaching a height of 220′ and length of 1,143′. The crest of the dam is 30′ wide, but the base is over 900′! That’s…
Old Photos
Gah! I’m SO disgusted with myself! I wanted to enter some photos in Casper’s Wild West Photo Fest like I did a couple of years ago… and I kept thinking the entries were due the last of August. I looked at the form today, and the deadline was yesterday. I AM SO MAD AT MYSELF! …