Heeling Longhorn Steers Is Successful Career For Coffeyville, Kansas, Cowboy
Catching Corriente steers by their two back legs is the profession of Jake Long. But, like all jobs, it requires lots of hard work and practice. Just two days before Christmas, Long was back at his ranch home near Coffeyville, Kansas, taking it a bit easier, anticipating traditional Christmas Eve at his nearby grandpa Marvin […]
Gene’s Death Is Brutal Loss To All Who Knew Him
If there was ever one good man, it was Gene Falk of Alta Vista. An e-mail from an acquaintance jolted us in disbelief as it was a terrible report that our good friend had passed away just that morning. We didn’t even know he was in the hospital. It had been a few weeks since […]
Even Cowboys Are Mortal
In three days, we buried three cowboy friends. It is depressing to attend services day after day for cowboys who always seemed immortal. Many have been to memorials when it was a “stranger”described by the eulogist. These were all “good funerals,” if there is such. Each cowboy was represented like we knew him.