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As I prepared to depart from the Spiritual Life Center inside the Ellsworth Correctional Facility Dec. 8, I witnessed the most beautiful exchange.
Read moreThe cattle trading firm of Hunter & Evans was one of the most influential companies in operation during the cattle boom of the late 1870s into the ’80s.
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As November came to a close, my son began his Christmas preparations in earnest.
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“Head ‘em up and move ’em out” was made famous by the trail-driving series “Rawhide.” Those drovers seemed to be perpetually on the trail.
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During the summer of 1878, Reginald Aldridge and his partner freeranged their cattle on the open prairie. Aldridge recorded his cowboy experiences in “Ranch Notes in Kansas, Colorado, the Indian Territory and Northern Texas,” published in 1884. Aldridge was an Englishman who recorded, quite faithfully, the captivating attraction he held for American cowboy life.
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We should deal in facts, not fiction “Blame me!” pleads Ms. Mary Schmidt in her attention-seeking online post, “Blame me!” With pleasure.
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William Sternberg was one of 10 children born to Levi and Margaret Sternberg. The family established themselves at an early date near Fort Ellsworth in Ellsworth County.
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