Bio: Lead Episcopal Teen-age Retreat to White Grass 1964-68 Descriptor: Westward Ho for Senior High, the experience. Father Dan Matthews’ Story: I was a young Episcopal priest in Memphis serving as a youth minister in the 1960’s. I became aware that my teenage kids needed a more exciting summer camp experience. The Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee provided […]
Bio: Volunteer 2013-14, Descriptor: Being an oral historian at the Reunion in 2014 Matthew’s Story: White Grass in My Life – Unfortunately, I was never a dude or a wrangler at White Grass. I was never there when it was an operating dude ranch. I never got to meet Frank Galey. But because of the documentation […]
Bio: Volunteer seasonal caretakers at White Grass Ranch, 2019 Descriptor: Being summer caretakers at the White Grass Ranch, a great learning experience Herb & Sally’s Story: Sally and I had the pleasure and honor of taking over as Caretakers of White Grass Ranch May, 2019 after Roger Butterbaugh had filled the position for the past eight […]
Bio: Wrangler 1968-69. Descriptor: 2005 White Grass article submitted to London’s Telegraph newspaper. Jon’s Story: Those of us who can’t get the White Grass out of our system might be interested in this news feature (see below) I wrote for Britain’s Telegraph newspaper in 2005. That was in the George W. Bush era, so the story […]
Bio: Wrangler 1968-69. Descriptor: A poem about wrangling the horses off the mountain in “surveying the waking earth steaming and the sunlight below.” Jon’s Story: This is a poem I wrote about being a wrangler at White Grass Ranch in the late 1960s. Hope you can include it as part of your Heritage Project . . . […]
Bio: Dude with her mother in 1983-84. Descriptor: Girl’s week at the ranch with mother, giggling as we feel asleep exhausted and riding the wide open spaces. Wendy’s Story: Wendy Olsen’s Memories of White Grass- daughter of Louisa Sandvig White Grass 1983-1984. I grew up in a family of five- my two brothers, two parents and me. We did […]
Bio: Member of a Episcopalian retreat for teenagers from Memphis, TN who stayed at White Grass in 1965-66. Descriptor: Discovering God in the Tetons, Father Dan Matthews as her childhood facilitator and ashes at the Chapel of Transfiguration. Julie’s Story: White Grass and Dan Matthews made me the person I am today. My name is Julie Bonds (Greene) and […]
Bio: Decendent of Harold Hammond & family historian, volunteer at White Grass with her grandson in 2018. Descriptor: Childhood education at White Grass and in a two room school in Kelly. Nancy’s Story: SNIPPETS OF LIFE AT THE WHITE GRASS DURING THE EARLY 1900s. The following are quotes and short vignettes compiled from the memories of […]
Bio: Decendent of Harold Hammond & family historian, volunteer at White Grass with her grandson in 2018. Descriptor: Childhood experiences living at White Grass when owner Harold Hammond was serving in WW 1 and other Valley ranch stories. Nancy’s Story: I’m submitting memories of Harold Rezin Hammonds nephews and nieces who lived at the White Grass during […]
Bio: 42 years working experience in historic preservation as a mason, woodcrafter, manager and trainer for the National Park Service. Descriptor: Preserving historic integrity – log structures, former dudes and wrangler, and current trainees. Blaise’s Story: What would Ann, Karin, Fran and Bernie think? Mention the word “Integrity,” and many would agree it conveys values […]