Gradpa's Mule deer

[Lance]

This is a picture of my late Grandfather. Clifford F Crowther Sr. My Dads Father. From Holbrook AZ.

 

It was taken about 1940! This picture sits im my office.

 

I took this picture to to my Grandmother Rhoana Crowther, now age 93, and asked her what she could tell me about it.

 

Se said that he took the buck on a hunt near Chevlon. Now unit 4. He used to work at the Ranger Station there. She told me some about that.

 

She then began to talk about the car. And that is the story I want to share with you! She said that was the car they moved from New Mexico in. And then she got a little sadness in her voice and began to tell me about the trip, and how my dad, (Tom Crowther) then 3 years old, was in the back seat playing with his older brother Frank, when he kicked frank right out of the car! My grandmother got a little tear in her eye and said, "The back door came open and Frank flew out down the highway at 55 miles per hour!" Then, a sweet little "my poor child quiver" came into her voice as she described him rolling down the pavement. " His little cowboy boots came off and one went this way and one went way down the road that way". "Oh my poor child". Then the quiver left her voice, she wiped the little tear from her cheak and described how there was nothing wrong with him. "A few small scrapes and bruises but nothing serious! Their Father In Heaven was watching over them!"

 

Then she turned to me with a little smirk and said "Go ask your Father why he did that." ( She didn't really blame my father, but it was funny)

When I presented it to my Father he said " He ticked me of, so I booted him out the door!" Haha he laughed and then said that he was only three years old at the time and really didn't remember. My uncle Frank made some comments about his naughty little brother but I don't think he really remembered either.

 

Seat belts were never thought much about in the 40's were they!

 

I asked about a deer photo and got a great family history story I would have never known about. Family is everything! Take the time to talk with your elders before they are gone! You will be amazed of the stories you will hear! And as they say, "It's worth is priceless"

 

Lance

[FlyingW]

Awsome story and a nice buck to boot !!!

[GameHauler]

Cool story and picture Lance.

Thanks for posting

 

Do you have a date of the picture and the year of the car?

 

I remember a post a while back that then no one carried a camera in the field

and almost all pictures were taken back at the car.

A lot with it in the trunk.

 

 

 

[Lance]

Cool story and picture Lance.

Thanks for posting

 

Do you have a date of the picture and the year of the car?

 

I remember a post a while back that then no one carried a camera in the field

and almost all pictures were taken back at the car.

A lot with it in the trunk.

 

 

 

Im sorry. I dont remember the make of the car. All I was told about the time of the photo is, fall of 1940, and maybe even 41. The picture was taken when the deer was brought back to Holbrook.

 

Lance

[AZantlerhead]

Yup, usually a good story to go with those GOOD Ol' Pics, thanks for shareing

[ac guy]

Stories like this make this my favorite section on CW.

[Stray Horse]

I enjoyed your story a lot.

 

Oh and what a whopper!

[BRYCE CANYON]

Great story Lance.

[Coues Archer]

That buck is a beast. Very nice buck indeed..

[Non-Typical Solutions]

Awsome story and a nice buck to boot !!!

EXactly what I said ...................

[CouesWhitetail]

Awesome story!!

 

Thanks for sharing that Lance. That's some neat family history there.

 

Amanda

 

[bonecollector]

Thata a great story and a nice deer thanks for sharing.

[Coues Archer]

What a brute of a buck.. Fantastic picture.