Family lore
by rakeeter Horses I have known
by Montie Rockwell
In the years so long ago, a horse was our mode of transportation. You had a horse or you walked. There were no vehicles then. No cars, no trucks, no tractors. Everything was horsedrawn or maybe drawn by oxen, which was a slow way to go. In my life many horses have come and gone. Continue reading “Horses I have known”
by rakeeter When I was growing up we made trips to McBride once or twice a year. Mostly these were day trips but there was at least one overnight campout. It was a challenge to get to the canyon. We had to enter the ranch — Bivins Coldwater Cattle Company back then — and navigate the dirt ranch roads to the ranch house. I say navigate because if there had been rain at the very least the roads would be rutted and there could even be benign-looking but treacherous puddles concealing mud that would suck a vehicle in right down to the axel. Our family car was a low-slung Pontiac entirely unsuitable for off-roading. Continue reading “Our early visits”
by rakeeter 
McBride, David Nichols (1849-1928). David Nichols McBride, Panhandle rancher was born on October 22, 1849, in Henry County, Illinois. In the 1870’s he arrived at Fort Sill, Indian Territory and made a living by trading in horses and other items with the Indians on the reservation. There, on July 2, 1876, he married Abigail Catherine Stringer, a native of Indiana who was teaching at the agency school. Continue reading “Article: History of David, Abigail McBride”