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Share Your Story

Share Your Story is about Your White Grass Story(s) whether you are a former dude or wrangler, volunteer, rehabilitation specialist, special friend to the ranch, preservation workshop instructor, trainee, historian, student or interested person.

Share Your Story documents how the dude ranch experience changed the lives of many individuals and families and it seeks to document White Grass evolving into a National Park Service Training Center teaching historical preservation skills to professionals and students from across the country.

But don’t take our word, read an invitation to Share Your Story from Cynthia Galey Peck who grew up on the ranch with her parents, Frank and Inga Galey, starting in the 1940’s.

“I invite all to share your White Grass stories whether it involves life changes, working, a dude experience, fund raising campaign or rehabilitation and training stories. (It is) a way to share and contribute to the history of White Grass Ranch (and) fulfills a desire of former Dudes and Wranglers who wanted their ranch stories and history collected, preserved and available for the future.

Your story(s) will be added to the many White Grass stories collected between 2010-2014 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation who granted permission for 75+ stories to be posted below. (Your) pictures are welcome on the site also.

I am delighted that White Grass’s story and history is ongoing, humans are using this special spot, animals still roam the area and natural processes continue. May all who come to White Grass enjoy this special place.” -Cynthia Galey Peck

Please click on the names below to read their stories, or use the search bar above to look for an individual or topic of interest, e.g., person’s name, pack trips, cabin girls.

The stories are made available here for educational and research purposes only. Commercial use is prohibited. Requests for reproduction of these materials must be submitted at: whitegrass@jacksonholehistory.org

Fred Matthews 11.24.2010

Bio: Dude,1946-55; Wrangler 1956-65  Descriptor: The passing of George Clover, a White Grass legend. Fred’s Story: For those of you who may not have heard of the passing of a legend at the White Grass ranch, George Clover, who taught many of us all we know, passed away Nov. 20 2010. He was part of the W.G. history for many […]

Bernie Huebner 10.9.2010

Bio: Dude Kid 1953-1960; Wrangler 1961-62. Descriptor: Adolescence foolishness, the Cowboy Bar, and a scary encounter with my car and a DC-3 at the airport. Bernie’s Story: Assuming there’s a statute of limitations for this sort of thing, I suppose it’s finally time to fess up. Blame it on some combination of adolescence and testosterone, coupled with a […]

Cindy Galey Peck 9.14.2010

Bio: Daughter of Frank and Inge Galey grew up on the ranch, 1940s to mid 1960s. Descriptor: Feeding the livestock and dad reading me nighttime stories while surviving long snowy, very cold winters. Cynthia’s Story: WINTERS ON WG, Cynthia Galey Peck 1943-48 —-My earliest memories of White Grass in winter involved staying warm. There were the thick logs, but […]

Cindy Galey Peck 9.10.2010

Bio: Daughter of Frank and Inge Galey grew up on the ranch, 1940s to mid 1960s. Descriptor: The adventures of Hunting Camp with dad.  Cynthia’s Story: HUNTNG CAMP with FRANK GALEY, Cynthia Galey Peck. For many years Dad had a hunting camp up Pilgrim Creek north of Jackson Hole toward Yellowstone National Park. He could drive to his base […]

Cindy Galey Peck 9.10.2010

Bio: Daughter of Frank and Inge Galey grew up on the ranch, 1940s to mid 1960s. Descriptor: The adventure of following the bugling of bull elk during rut season with dad. Cynthia’s Story: FOLLOWING A BUGLE, Cynthia Galey Peck. “Let’s saddle up; see if we can find the elk and watch them bugle,” Dad said. One fall evening, the […]

Cindy Galey Peck 9.6.2010

Bio: Daughter of Frank and Inge Galey grew up on the ranch, 1940s to mid 1960s. Descriptor: Learning about death, killing a barn cat. Cynthia’s Story: LEARNING ABOUT DEATH Cynthia Galey Peck. I spent lots of time watching the wild barn cats. I decided to tame one of the kittens. I wanted a pet that would sit with me […]

Cindy Galey Peck 9.6.2010

Bio: Daughter of Frank and Inge Galey grew up on the ranch, 1940s to mid 1960s. Descriptor: A young girl becomes educated about horses and later loved long pack trips with her dad and ranch guests. Cynthia’s Story: MY EARLY DAYS WITH HORSES By Cynthia Galey Peck. Most people grow up in the family home, but with my love […]

Sharon Crary Griffin 7.23.2010

Bio: Cabin Girl, 1958. Descriptor: From U.C. Berkeley to becoming a Cabin Girl. Sharon’s Story: This is a letter to Mum and Dad————————— Dear Mum and Dad, Well here I am after a pleasant airplane ride. Everything was fine except the small plane was a little rough, thought I was going to lose my breakfast a few times. […]

William “Dub” Lloyd 6.25.2010

Bio: Wrangler, 1983. Descriptor: A young cowboy from Mississippi who wanted to ride bulls needed income, so he worked at White Grass for Curley, the Head Wrangle. William’s Story: The next best thing to Heaven, or a Mississippi boy goes west. The ending of summer 1982 was a hard time for me. I want to talk about it’s […]

Fran Fox 5.27.2010

Bio: Frank Galey’s Nephew; Staff at the Ranch, 1950’s and 1960’s. Descriptor: A dangerous moose becomes moose meat in deep snow while threatening my son. Fran’s Story: MOOSE MEAT: There is a lone lodge pole pine about 150 yards from the Moose/Wilson Road on the left side facing the ranch. The tree has grown in the 43 years […]