Category: Recollections
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Ed Barrett- Cowboys Are Made … Not Born
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher In November 1996, the CALF News Cattle History series featured Ed Barrett, a cattle feeder who started his career in
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William C. (Bill) Foxley Pt. 3
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher Editor’s Note: William C. (Bill) Foxley was one of the most creative and successful feeders in the history of the
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William C. (Bill) Foxley Pt. 2
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher Editor’s Note: The four-part segment starting in the April 1996 CALF News feature on “The Quiet Giant” spotlighting Willian C.
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William C. (Bill) Foxley
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher Editor’s Note: An April 1996 CALF News feature titled “The Quiet Giant” spotlighted one of the most creative and successful
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A Lady With a Mission
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher One of the features in CALF News during 1996 was a Movers & Shakers & Innovators column sponsored by
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Harvey Dietrich: A Man to be Remembered
Harvey Dietrich: A Man to be Remembered By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher A friendship was formed when I had the chance to interview Harvey Dietrich
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Baxter Black DVM
Baxter Black DVM By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher For thousands and thousands of movement. I tried several times Edge of Common Sense column, and admirers,
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Jim Schwertner – Capitol Land and Livestock
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher I suppose it happens to all of us. You see a name or picture and, as fast as a flashbulb,
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Harvey Dietrich: A Man To Be Remembered
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Years ago, I was interviewing a young cowboy out in the vet shack about the cattle industry. It was about
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Van Brimball, DVM – Part 3
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Van Brimhall moved back to Texas in 1969 and, as usual, was looking at the big picture. Well right quick,