Thomas Edward McCullough, devoted husband, father, grand-father, and expert problem solver, died on April 11, 2023. He was 87 years old. Tom was born in 1935 in Wichita Falls, Texas, to parents Marvin and Adaline McCullough. He showed an early aptitude for mechanical equipment, fully dismantling and reassembling an alarm clock at age four.…
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Christine and Connie’s mother, Dorothy, passed away May 11th, 2022. She loved to bake! Here are some of her recipes!
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In 1943 a B17 crashed on Wild Horse Flat killing seven. This story is taken mostly from the AAF accident report.
DetailsLinda tells a story about a lizard we have always called a Rocky Mountain Boomer
DetailsJohn 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…
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Gavina Garcia’s homestead house was built by her oldest son, Julian who also built the school house.
DetailsLinda 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
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Elko and the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering has ties to the ranch though Buck Ramsey.
DetailsBuck Ramsey captures so eloquently the family’s love for the ranch and its legacy.
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