Eunice Boeve

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Early Day Hunting Stories

August 28, 2009

Tags: Phillips county, Kansas, Buffalo, General George Crook, Longhorn Cowboy, James Cook, Howard Driggs, Fairlee Winfield, Charley Russell, Helena, Montana

Early Day Hunting Stories

In Phillips County, Kansas where I live, a newspaper reported that on a July day in 1875 a herd of 30 buffalo was sighted. Ten men hunted them down and killed all but the six or seven that managed to escape by swimming the Solomon River. This was the last herd of (more…)
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Mari Sandoz, 1896-1966 Library of Congress photo, posted 5/14/10

Providence Spring

Mary Fields, photo courtesy Wedsworth Library, Cascade, MT posted Mar. 17, 2010

Orphan Train Children - posted Feb. 21, 2010

Lewis and Clark: Posted Jan. 27, 2009

The SS Zaandam: Posted Dec. 29, 2009

Some pencil pushers: Bro Larry (circled) & class 1946-47, Libby, Mt : posted Dec 7, 2009

Me with my Cowboy Daddy Posted Nov. 14, 2009

A Hubble photo of the stars in the universe posted Oct 14, 2009

Mary Shelley painting by Rothwell 1800-1868 Posted Sept 30, 2009

Early Day Hunting Stories posted Aug 28 - Buffaloed by Fairlee Winfield

The Legend of Bad Medicine (in the background) July 29 post

My granddaughter, Ally, and me with a wolf pup Ally and the Wolves, July 10 post

Old Glory The Number Thirteen July 2 post

Daughters Kandy and Kathy and son-in-law, Tom, on a geo cache hunt Posted June 23 post

The Free Enterprise Radon Health Mine at Boulder, MT May 29 post

Husband Ron and I with Kansas Governor Sebelius, now Health and Human Services Secretary May 12 post

My Birthplace, Libby, Montana April 28 post

Angela, descendant of slaves who settled Niccodemus, Kansas April 10 post (photo by Carol Yoho)

A Trip to Kentucky (Kandy's cat) March 27 post

Margaret Borland, Texas Rancher (Borland's Tombstone, Victoria, TX) posted March 9

Kathy then and now posted Feb. 2009

What Is This Thing Called Death, posted Jan. 20 My late brother, Dan, and his wife, Lindy

Photo From Past Years, posted Dec 31, 2008, A friend sent this old photo of my husband, daughter, and me in her Christmas card this year. Printed from a slide, it must be a mirror image as my husband's wedding band appears to be on his right hand.

My First Blog, Nov 10, 2008, Grandson, Johnny, age 6, with his mohawk and war paint, the only Indian with us pilgrims Thanksgiving Day