Sunday, November 18, 2007

My Sheepherder days at Kimama

We moved to Kimama which is between Ditrich and Minidoka, Idaho. Dad was Section Foreman
there . I went to School in a one room school house where all the grades were taught by one teacher . my occupation there was chasing the bands of sheep to get all the bum lambs .in those days kimama had a railroad water tank where the band of sheep were watered if mom or dad could not find me . they would go to the nearest sheep wagon Before we moved back to Hammett , I had my total of 41 sheep .one of the sheep was a buck who did not like mother and would butt her in the behind everytime she got in his sight . all i ever heard was "Donnie, if you dont make that sheep behave , your going to be eating him for supper "in those day their was a lot of sheepherders with big bands of sheep sometime numbering in the 10,000 sheep in a band . at Kiamama there was two section Gangs and i Signal Maintainer . Just across the Railroad track was the abandon prison camp for the japanese held durring world war II

4 comments:

Becca said...

Grandpa,

I am so glad you started a blog! And it's such a great idea to write down your memories. You need to post some of Grandma's memories, too. I will check for more every day!

Love,
Rebecca

Hanna in the Hizzzouse.. said...

Grandpa,

I knew you would be joining the blogging bandwagon. I love reading about all of your stories. I love you and hope to see you soon.

Love your favorite grand daughter,
Hanna

Bon said...

Grandpa,

I am so excited that you too are blogging. What a fun way to share and remember stories of your childhood. Plus I can print it out and keep it forever! I absolutely love this!! Love
Bonnie

P.S. I know you have to tell the other girls that they are your favorite but we know it is me- all those times you took my to SPACE BURGERS, who could think otherwise!!:)

Roylance Rec. Center said...

Grandpa. Thank you so much for sharing. i am glad we will get to know more about eachother...keep adding more pictures. Love you
Ali