colorado homestead - recollections
"Horace told me once that they bought a herd of Mexican cattle cheap and took them to the Owl Creek ranch. They thought they would make a big profit on the deal. As it turned out, though, these cattle had hoof and mouth disease and the whole lot of them had to be destroyed. I think he said that this pretty much spelled the end of the Owl Creek venture." - Steve Roberts (March, 2013)
"Looking at the Owl Creek pictures got me thinking of a story that Florence Mason Little told me once when I was in Chicago, probably at Jane Marshall's house. She was at the Owl Creek ranch visiting her brothers one time, and went horse-back riding. The horse she was riding spooked, and took off running with her in the saddle. Horace jumped on a horse and raced to catch-up. When he did, he grabbed the reins and stopped the run-away horse. She described the scene as just like you would expect to see in a movie western." - Steve Roberts (May, 2013)