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62The Richest Hill On Earth: Butte, Montana
by Ghost32
Writing a Hub last night as a tribute to the late super-daredevil Evel Knievel got me to thinking: WOW, has Butte ever been a Hub in My Life! As I previously mentioned, I grew up on a ranch at Drummond, some... published 7 months ago
75Barbed Wire Fences And Post Hole Diggers
by Ghost32
Our sixth grade teacher at Drummond, Montana, once gave us a much hated assignment: Write an essay on My Pet Peeve. I didn't even have to think about mine. The title was Digging Post Holes. Until I left the... published 7 months ago
66Hunting In Montana From Age Twelve Till Quitting Time
by Ghost32
Growing up on a working Montana ranch in the 1940s and 50s pretty much automatically made a boy a big game hunter by age twelve. That was the age at which we were allowed to take a Hunter's Safety Education... published 7 months ago
66Pistol Packing Wrangler
by Ghost32
Growing up on the TV Ranch west of Drummond, Montana, was a treasure chest I've finally come to realize was rich with experience beyond imagination. Not that I knew that at the time. I was the oldest child and... published 7 months ago
59Early Memories In Montana
by Ghost32
It occurred to me to write a Hub about, um, not just "early" memories, but some of my earliest memories. There are stories in print about individuals who remember the moment of their own birth, but please... published 6 months ago
73Snake Stories: The Deadly Diamondback
by Ghost32
Many published articles swear up and down that rattlesnake venom usually won't kill you. Oh yeah? Talk to the fellow who was bitten in the neck near Spokane, Washington, some years ago. Oh. Wait. You can't.... published 7 months ago
58High School Basketball The Hard Way
by Ghost32
Let me start by saying that my father did his best when it came to raising us kids. His growing up years were spent as the eldest of eight children with a devoutly Christian mother and... published 6 months ago
63Child Labor Is Not A Bad Thing In A Country Setting
by Ghost32
One of the most renowned quotations attributed to Abraham Lincoln is the one about sharpening the axe. I have no idea if my father, Elvin M Baker, was aware of that quotation or not...but he definitely knew... published 7 months ago
57Swim Like A Rock
by Ghost32
My swimming ability does exist...but nothing could be spottier. During my Freshman Year at Northern Montana College (now Montana State University--Northern), swimming was a required course. When class was not... published 7 months ago
58Tribute To Evel Knievel, Montana Daredevil Extraordinaire
by Ghost32
My wife and I knew Evel had been struggling to stay alive for a long time. We did not know he had passed from this world last fall, on November 30, 2007. The front page of a local newspaper featured a snow... published 7 months ago
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