He left Michigan when he was 17 years old. He worked on a sheep ranch in Wyoming for a while before moving on. |
I usually do most of my shopping in Pocatello. It's exactly 26 miles from our house to the Stinker station on Bannock Highway. |
It costs $5 a bushel to grow and you can only get $3, maybe $3.95 a bushel when you sell it. |
We call it the Motel Seven because it has seven birthing stalls. |
We used to have a lot more cows, but as we have gotten older, we just can't keep up with it. |
When the depression hit, he bought land for 50 cents an acre and cows for $1 each from his neighbors who couldn't make it. |