Throwback Thursday: July 20, 1947
Hi! Welcome to a new series on The Beef Jar! Throwback Thursday! I’m going to post an old photo and hopefully a story, at least the story I know, to go with it. For my inaugural post, I picked this...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: March 2, 1952
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, I selected a picture from the Table Mountain Ranch. I thought this picture was interesting because it was taken before the ranch house had it’s additions. Several...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: The Browns
“Sammie Hazel Samuel & Fletcher Brown I’m excited about this Throwback Thursday. It’s one of the few photo’s that have names on the back and comes from my direct line of relatives. This is Sammie...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Reward
“$160 REWARD for information leading to the arrest and conviction of cattle theft in Butte County.Butte County Cattlemen’s Association” The post Wordless Wednesday: Reward appeared first on The Beef Jar.
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: March 5, 1953
The Brown side of the family has always been just a touch horse crazy. In the old box of family photos I inherited, I’d say about 75% are horse photos. Photos of horses out in fields, photos of foals,...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Little Brown’s
I thought this would be an appropriate time to post a picture of some my Dad’s family. This is a rare picture that has lots of information on the back. The top says “Little Brown’s Dec. 1956″ then a...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: The Brown Home
It has been a few months since I have posted a Throwback blog. It’s time for a good one. When my Grandfather died, and the rest of the family was fighting, I quietly slipped away with all the pictures...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Antique Farming
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View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Roots
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View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Anabelle and Melvin
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done a Throwback Thursday. I got super inspired when I got to go back to the South and see where part of my family came from so promised myself to continue learning...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: March 27, 1935
I have a good one for this week’s Throwback Thursday. When I found these pictures I got a serious kick out of them. I can remember back when I was in high school and what a big deal it was getting a...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: December 6, 1946
This week’s throwback post is fascinating to me because I love this woman’s nickname! Jinks!! Jinks Retzlaff I found this picture among Sammie Brown Jr’s pictures. I can tell by the corral and...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Sammie Brown Jr & Jinks Retzlaff
This is yet another photo from the envelope marked “Sammie’s Friends“. Unfortunately, there is no date or writing on the back of this photo so I don’t know much. I do know who this beautiful woman is...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Wayne McCoy April 2, 1944
This week’s Throwback Thursday is another photo from “Sammie’s Friends” envelope. I’m going through that envelope because some of the pictures do have names and dates on the back making it much easier...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: May 4, 1947 “Shirley”
This is another photo from the envelope labeled “Sammie’s Friends”. This photo has “To Sammie, A swell guy, Sincerely, Shirley May 4, 1947” written on the back of it, no last name, no place. This looks...
View ArticleGuest Post: Jack Hopkins, Plumas County Logger
This is one of the most interesting guest posts I’ve posted. Most people don’t think of logging when they think of agriculture, but sure enough, it’s part of it. The small community, where we summer...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Margie
This photo is going to be a hard one, I’m skeptical if I’ll ever know more about it then I already do. But then, my readers have surprised me again and again with who they know. This photo comes from...
View ArticleThe “Farm Wife”
I used to think I wanted to be a farm wife. I always thought I would follow my Mom’s example. Working unpaid for the ranch. Doing the same work as the men, plus the books, the cooking, cleaning and...
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