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[BFE]

A lot prettier than it feels. High winds all day.

 

[Springfieldsimm]

 

[greybeard]

The state park I manage was built by the CCC. Lots of those 18-24 year old young men were somewhat resentful of having to work in a government program according to some historical documentation. Unfortunately, independence isn't valued as much as it once was.

Ya got $30/month and had to send all but $5 back to your family.

My father worked in CCC in Fort Collins Colorado. Dunno why they shipped him that far North when the CCC was working all over Texas too. CCC Built Balmorea State Park and most of the structures at Bastrop St park. Many of those burned up in the 2011 wildfire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmorhea_State_Park#History

My dad, age 19 at Ft Collins 1936. Top right.

 

[Travlr]

Ya got $30/month and had to send all but $5 back to your family.

My father worked in CCC in Fort Collins Colorado. Dunno why they shipped him that far North when the CCC was working all over Texas too. CCC Built Balmorea State Park and most of the structures at Bastrop St park. Many of those burned up in the 2011 wildfire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmorhea_State_Park#History

My dad, age 19 at Ft Collins 1936. Top right.

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Some of the things the Conservation Corp did back in those days were amazing.

 

[puzzled in oregon]

And for whatever reason some were sent to places quite aways from home. A lot of what they built has lasted a long time.

 

[gman4691]

There were lots of men here that worked CCC. Civilian Conservation Corp.
They built fire trails, planted trees, built fire towers, and your park. Anything that was considered Conservation of our natural resources. I would love to see it used today.

Americorp is about the closest thing we have to that now...it is considered a volunteer kind of thing but it is my understanding that they are paid a stipend for living expenses (rent, etc.)

 

[kenny thomas]

Americorp is about the closest thing we have to that now...it is considered a volunteer kind of thing but it is my understanding that they are paid a stipend for living expenses (rent, etc.)

Yes, i have worked with Americorp wildfire crews in the past. But most of the young people on those crews were doing it for the adventure and it paid for some of their college expenses. Usually very good young men and women from privileged familes.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I dread hooking up some equipment to the tractor. Imagine getting this plow ready. Those mules look to be in good shape. Wonder what they wormed with back then?

Tobacco.

 

[Dubcharo]

Cold day

 

[gman4691]

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1966 vocational ag class Robert E Lee High School Baytown Tx.

my mother went to Robert E. Lee HS in Baytown...a bit before this pic, of course

 

[coachg]

Calf born the second morning of our ice and freezing rain event this week . More below freezing temperatures this weekend and then 60's next week !

 

[greybeard]

So did I, my brother and my older sister. IIRC, my father-in-law (now deceased) attended REL too.
It is still named Robert E Lee. It burned in 1987, but was rebuilt using the same Market St front it always had.

(You can always tell when a highschool's football team's best decades are behind them when sports folks refer to the school as 'Tradition rich'. REL once played 12-4A but once a 2nd (now a third) Baytown high school was built, the available incoming sports talent was diluted significantly. Their band was the largest in the state in the 1960s and jazz trumpeter Doc Severinson (Johnny Carson's bandleader) sat in and played with them frequently.

You can (if you can find it), play Dull Razor Blues for your mother.

my mother went to Robert E. Lee HS in Baytown...a bit before this pic, of course

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[gman4691]

So did I, my brother and my older sister. IIRC, my father-in-law (now deceased) attended REL too.
It is still named Robert E Lee. It burned in 1987, but was rebuilt using the same Market St front it always had.

(You can always tell when a highschool's football team's best decades are behind them when sports folks refer to the school as 'Tradition rich'. REL once played 12-4A but once a 2nd (now a third) Baytown high school was built, the available incoming sports talent was diluted significantly. Their band was the largest in the state in the 1960s and jazz trumpeter Doc Severinson (Johnny Carson's bandleader) sat in and played with them frequently.

You can (if you can find it), play Dull Razor Blues for your mother.

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[CowboyRam]

Calf born the second morning of our ice and freezing rain event this week . More below freezing temperatures this weekend and then 60's next week !
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It is amazing how much those little buggers can take. I have had calves born here in January. As long as there is no wind they do fine once they are all dried off. A guy down the road from me calves all his in January.

 

[puzzled in oregon]

Cold day
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Like the ear muffs

 

[Ouachita]

The little poopers were hungry, at 3am. I needed to pitch a log or three into the wood stove anyway. I thought that filling their bellies would help them go back to sleep. I was wrong, again.

 

[devonian]

Naughty pup! well that may change soon.

 

[ClinchValley86]

I knew she'd wait til the coldest night we've had to spit him out. All seems good. Hateful ass Momma here. She's doing a good job so far. Cow is 3 ish years old.

 

[TNtrout23]

Getting them a drink after busting the ice up in pond. We haven't had these type conditions in a long time. Snow then ice snow then ice.

 

[puzzled in oregon]

Naughty pup! View attachment 39812 well that may change soon.

Looks like she is trying to put the calf back in the pen with Mom