recounts the youthful life of a young cowboy as seen through the eyes of an elderly man growing up on a ranch
Recounts the youthful adventures of a young cowboy between the ages of twelve and fifteen when he lived on his uncle's ranch near Kingman, Arizona the Road Runner Ranch which combined with the Diamond A was the largest ranch in the US covering five states and foundered in 1850 to present.
Have you ever wondered what life was like for the youngest cowboys back in the days they still had cattle drives to the railroad and live without modern convinces?
Eagle Ashcroft reveals not only the good times but some of life's hardest lessons learned while working on the ranch.
It never rains in Gold Gap is a must read book of the early days of ranching before this information is lost.
Excerpt
"Looks like we'll have the whole dang ranching industry in jail before the night's over."
from Saturday Night after the cowboys all got drunk and got into a fight in a bar in town with the the sheriff's deputies.
The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20
