The Big Horse Race

D. E. Larsen, DVM I purchased Judy the summer following my sixth grade. It took a lot of chitum peeling to come up with the purchase price. She was a light palomino and had a big scar on the back of her neck like she had been bitten by another horse when younger. Our neighborContinue reading “The Big Horse Race”

A Leap of Faith

D. E. Larsen, DVM Preface: The summer following my sixth-grade year, Dana Watson and I thoroughly explored all the lands between Broadbent and Gaylord and over the hill to Yellow Creek. That covered a circular area of about 15 square miles. We climbed cliffs, traversed Neal Mountain, followed streams, and marveled at the engineering ofContinue reading “A Leap of Faith”

The Broadbent House

David E. Larsen, DVM To call it the Broadbent house was a little misleading. It was just an old farmhouse. Located a couple of miles above Broadbent on a small farm that dated from the early 1900s. Broadbent was more of a place than a town, even in 1950. Broadbent was about five miles fromContinue reading “The Broadbent House”