Ranching and Farming
Log cabins for sale: Get your own piece of the Old West
Log cabins for sale: If you’ve got some money to put into it, you can find many deals to get your own piece of the Old West. Buy your own log cabin — either one you can put up on your land, or something that includes your cabin AND the land to put it on.
Read more on Log cabins for sale: Get your own piece of the Old West…
Harsh winter brings memories of Grandma’s kerosene lamp
Winter’s snows and ice storms around here always bring back memories of my Grandma’s kerosene lamp, or I should say kerosene lamps, because she had several in her small apartment that were left over from her and grandpa’s decades on their old farm.
Read more on Harsh winter brings memories of Grandma’s kerosene lamp…
Not so long ago, people on the more remote Plains still lived in sod houses
When I was a small boy, we made a few trips to visit my paternal grandparents in southeastern Colorado and went out of town about 20-25 miles to the original family homestead and were shown the remains of the house my father grew up in — a genuine sod house. The house (completely gone except for parts of one wall by 1970) was built sometime just after 1900 and my grandparents continued to live in it until sometime around 1940-45.
Read more on Not so long ago, people on the more remote Plains still lived in sod houses…
Longhorn cattle added danger, source of meat to life in the Old West
Longhorn cattle, identified early in the history of the Old West with Texas, New Mexico, and the region of the American Southwest, were earlier “settlers” in this land than the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower — and had a reputation for being dangerous critters.
Read more on Longhorn cattle added danger, source of meat to life in the Old West…