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the_jersey_lilly_2000
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Faster horses
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Congratulations Clarence! Now do we get the rest of the story?
This is a real neat photo!
Thanks to everyone who entered. I enjoyed all the pictures.
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MsSage
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| CONNGGRRAATTSSSS good pic.
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Soapweed
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| Congratulations, Clarence. That is a classic picture.
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Clarencen
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I found that photo in one of my albums, at first I hesitated to enter it. I believe I took that picture one Sunday afternoon in Martin, South Dakota sometime during the 1980's. The steers, or oxen in the picture I see in my mind differ from the ones in the picture. This may be because I was thinking "what if we took a couple of steers from our herd and trained them to drive" We had some Gelbvieh in our herd then.
I was in Martin that afternoon to meet with Tim Johnson, he was congressman from SD then, and had asked some people to meet him. I had time before he arrived so I drove around, then saw this man with the ox team. Later he had them parked so I took a picture.
I am still not alltogether certain about this, but I don't have any pictures in my album except my own and a few of my sisters. She don't remember this picture.
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hillsdown
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| It is a very good photo, frame worthy .
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Soapweed
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Location: northern Nebraska Sandhills
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Clarencen wrote: |
I found that photo in one of my albums, at first I hesitated to enter it. I believe I took that picture one Sunday afternoon in Martin, South Dakota sometime during the 1980's. The steers, or oxen in the picture I see in my mind differ from the ones in the picture. This may be because I was thinking "what if we took a couple of steers from our herd and trained them to drive" We had some Gelbvieh in our herd then.
I was in Martin that afternoon to meet with Tim Johnson, he was congressman from SD then, and had asked some people to meet him. I had time before he arrived so I drove around, then saw this man with the ox team. Later he had them parked so I took a picture.
I am still not alltogether certain about this, but I don't have any pictures in my album except my own and a few of my sisters. She don't remember this picture. |
Orville Fetter from Martin had a team of oxen at about that time. I'll bet the ones in your picture belonged to him.
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TexasBred
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JF Ranch
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Location: North Fringe of the Nebraska Sandhills
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| Clarencen, that's a great photo. However, I do not recognize the stone building as having anything to do with Martin, SD. It looks like a designated "historical site" at a State Park somewhere.
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Martin Jr.
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| Clarence, I got to thinking that maybe this was around Fairbury, and did some searching on the internet and found that this was taken at Rock Creek Station south east of Fairbury, Nebraska.
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loomixguy
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| Clarence, I got to thinking that maybe this was around Fairbury, and did some searching on the internet and found that this was taken at Rock Creek Station south east of Fairbury, Nebraska. |
That's where Wild Bill Hickok took care of the McCandless (sp?) gang. Been there several times, but every time it was raining cats & dogs, so I've never really been out of the main building. Which, BTW, is absolutely gorgeous with the Endicott brick work there!
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Clarencen
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Well then, I won't claim it. My sister, Carol must have sent it to me. I don't think she took it either as she didn't remember it. It is not a post card it is a little smaller then that.
I was at the RockCreek Station a long time ago but they were just starting to restore it then. I believe there was a sreet in or near Endicotte that had been restored then. There was a bluff nearby where John C. Freemont had carved his name, but it was about washed away then too.
I guess this is all just for fun anyway. so no harm done.
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