Eric Retires from Southwest Airlines
Eric Turns 65 and has to retire
Dorothy’s Recipes
Christine and Connie’s mother, Dorothy, passed away May 11th, 2022. She loved to bake! Here are some of her recipes!
B17F Crash on Wild Horse Flat
In 1943 a B17 crashed on Wild Horse Flat killing seven. This story is taken mostly from the AAF accident report.
Noxema
Linda recounts a branding from her youth
Mary Santiago
Linda tells an amusing story about Mary Santiago.
The Last Ten Miles
That last ten miles to Nana’s by Linda
Dick White and the Mountain Boomer
Linda tells a story about a lizard we have always called a Rocky Mountain Boomer
Learning to Drive
Linda learns to drive
Tom in Montana
Tom spends the summer on the Montana ranch by Lind Decker
John Funk
John Funk John Funk probably arrived at the ranch the same way as a good many of the other ranchhands: Steve would to the Tucumcari jail and bail out railroad crew who had gotten drunkwhen paid off after a shift. John stayed at the ranch for many years – over thirty — andreliably handled both…
Spray Painting a Bedroom
Learning by trial and error
Trigg Ranch Homesteads
Gavina Garcia’s homestead house was built by her oldest son, Julian who also built the school house.
Linda Decker’s Bear Story
Linda writes a story about the first bear encounter, there have been several since! Drought and forest fires in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the 90’s propelled game out onto the eastern plains. Today we have elk, mountain lions, and bear which were not around in my days at the ranch. ST
Dawson
The Dawson Railroad runs through the ranch. It was built in 1903 to haul coal from the Dawson mines mainly to copper smelters in Arizona and it supplied the motive power to all of Southern Pacific’s steam engines.
Off to Elko
Elko and the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering has ties to the ranch though Buck Ramsey.
Buck Ramsey Anthem
Buck Ramsey captures so eloquently the family’s love for the ranch and its legacy.
Dan Trigg and Chile Point
Dan Trigg was my fathers uncle, they were close until a ranch venture in the 50s turned bad. After that they were always prepared for confrontation.
Jimmy Shaffner’s Ranch Visits
Jimmy Shaffner visited the ranch as a teen.