Bob Lemmon remembers Whitney, Nebraska, when it was a "hopping" place. A few of his memories are shared here.
Bob Lemmon's family was steeped in ranching experience. His grandfather was a blacksmith, shodding horses in Deadwood during the winter and working the family homestead in Nebraska during the summer.
His father worked as a cowboy in Wyoming and Nebraska. He had a livery barn near what was most recently the Hudson Auto store in Crawford. Soon thereafter, he entered into an arrangement that was to become the Ivans-Lemmons operation. Essentially, the Ivins' provided the land, and the Lemmons provided the labor. It was a partnership that spanned more than half a century.
"Whitney was one of the biggest stock shipping points between Cheyenne and Omaha," recalls Lemmon. He remembered between 30-40 rail cars full of livestock leaving the Whitney-Chadron area, steaming straight through to Omaha without a stop.
Widowed and weathered -- but still quite spry -- Bob Lemmon lives on a place in the timbered hills south of Crawford, not far from all the landmarks of his youth.
Visit our http://www.whitneyreflections.org"> Whitney Reflections website.
His father worked as a cowboy in Wyoming and Nebraska. He had a livery barn near what was most recently the Hudson Auto store in Crawford. Soon thereafter, he entered into an arrangement that was to become the Ivans-Lemmons operation. Essentially, the Ivins' provided the land, and the Lemmons provided the labor. It was a partnership that spanned more than half a century.
"Whitney was one of the biggest stock shipping points between Cheyenne and Omaha," recalls Lemmon. He remembered between 30-40 rail cars full of livestock leaving the Whitney-Chadron area, steaming straight through to Omaha without a stop.
Widowed and weathered -- but still quite spry -- Bob Lemmon lives on a place in the timbered hills south of Crawford, not far from all the landmarks of his youth.
Visit our http://www.whitneyreflections.org"> Whitney Reflections website.
Bob Lemmon's family was steeped in ranching experience. His grandfather was a blacksmith, shodding horses in Deadwood during the winter and working the family homestead in Nebraska during the summer.
His father worked as a cowboy in Wyoming and Nebraska. He had a livery barn near what was most recently the Hudson Auto store in Crawford. Soon thereafter, he entered into an arrangement that was to become the Ivans-Lemmons operation. Essentially, the Ivins' provided the land, and the Lemmons provided the labor. It was a partnership that spanned more than half a century.
"Whitney was one of the biggest stock shipping points between Cheyenne and Omaha," recalls Lemmon. He remembered between 30-40 rail cars full of livestock leaving the Whitney-Chadron area, steaming straight through to Omaha without a stop.
Widowed and weathered -- but still quite spry -- Bob Lemmon lives on a place in the timbered hills south of Crawford, not far from all the landmarks of his youth.
Visit our http://www.whitneyreflections.org"> Whitney Reflections website.
His father worked as a cowboy in Wyoming and Nebraska. He had a livery barn near what was most recently the Hudson Auto store in Crawford. Soon thereafter, he entered into an arrangement that was to become the Ivans-Lemmons operation. Essentially, the Ivins' provided the land, and the Lemmons provided the labor. It was a partnership that spanned more than half a century.
"Whitney was one of the biggest stock shipping points between Cheyenne and Omaha," recalls Lemmon. He remembered between 30-40 rail cars full of livestock leaving the Whitney-Chadron area, steaming straight through to Omaha without a stop.
Widowed and weathered -- but still quite spry -- Bob Lemmon lives on a place in the timbered hills south of Crawford, not far from all the landmarks of his youth.
Visit our http://www.whitneyreflections.org"> Whitney Reflections website.
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