August 2005
Photos for August 10, 2005
John Smith has spent nearly half his life living and working on Tailgate Ranch. For Smith, cowboying is about the only way of life he has ever known.
Though retired for five years, John Smith still makes daily rounds of Tailgate Ranch, checking on cattle.
Wearing his trademark red suspenders and plaid shirt, John Smith relaxes in the shade of his backyard, which is a part of Paul and Elizabeth McKie's Tailgate Ranch, just south of Tonganoxie.
This sketch depicting two cowboys, John Smith on the left, and his late father, T.J. Smith on the right, hangs over the mantle in the home of John and Martha Smith. John and T.J. Smith both came to Tonganoxie in 1966, to work at Paul McKie's Tailgate Ranch, south of Tonganoxie along Leavenworth County Road 1.
John Smith rides a horse at Tailgate Ranch. Pictured in the background with another horse is ranch manager Kirk Sours. Smith said it felt "normal" to be on a horse again.
John Smith has spent nearly half his life living and working on Tailgate Ranch. For Smith, cowboying is about the only way of life he has ever known.
Though retired for five years, John Smith still makes daily rounds of Tailgate Ranch, checking on cattle.
Wearing his trademark red suspenders and plaid shirt, John Smith relaxes in the shade of his backyard, which is a part of Paul and Elizabeth McKie's Tailgate Ranch, just south of Tonganoxie.
This sketch depicting two cowboys, John Smith on the left, and his late father, T.J. Smith on the right, hangs over the mantle in the home of John and Martha Smith. John and T.J. Smith both came to Tonganoxie in 1966, to work at Paul McKie's Tailgate Ranch, south of Tonganoxie along Leavenworth County Road 1.
John Smith rides a horse at Tailgate Ranch. Pictured in the background with another horse is ranch manager Kirk Sours. Smith said it felt "normal" to be on a horse again.
