GOLD FEVER EVERYWHERE I lived in the little town of Winchester, Idaho, population about 350, and found a surprise one day. Down at the meat market I discovered people standing six deep at the cash register. I suspected a bit of gold fever happening. You see, the meat market sold lottery tickets and the jackpot […]
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Foxfire! at the Cattle Drive & Audio Podcast
Foxfire Sunrises & Storms Outdoors you see a whole lot more of the splendors of God’s creation than if you spend most your time inside buildings. One ten degree fahrenheit morning I ran around a frozen lake about daybreak. The sunrise started out a deep purple and orange. As those colors mellowed, bright pink clouds […]
Old West Jobs: 3 Signs You’re A Line Rider
One of the loneliest Old West jobs had to be the line rider. In the Old West days before Joseph Glidden’s patented barbed wire invention crossed the prairies, ranchers found it difficult to keep their cattle on the home range. To keep them from wandering to a neighbor’s pasture or getting lost in the wilderness, […]
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