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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg
New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.
I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the time we can spend together.
I want to again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water. Let's take a peek and see what's happening out there.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $6.21 a bushel. 550lb steer calf $4.80 a pound, all the way up to $5.05 a pound. and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings $3.15 a pound, on the top end. But guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generation. Ask your father and he will show you, your elders and they will tell you. Now I started this episode with our theme verse for The 405 and it comes from Deuteronomy 32:7 because today, well, we'll be looking back again.
OK Solberg:Today, it's back to the book loaned to me by Dick Dale, written by Walter Phillips, the son of B.D. Phillips. B.D, the man for whom our county of Phillips is named. Listen now as I quote directly from the book.
OK Solberg:In the old days, travelers were always welcome in the ranch country of Montana. The home ranch was located 23 miles southwest to Malta on the main trail to the Little Rocky Mountains and the ranch country to the South.
OK Solberg:Our ranch became a natural stopping place for the many travelers and freight wagons. On many occasions, my father turned his own horses out of the barn to make room for the travelers' horses. Extra bedrolls were kept for travelers who didn't have their own.
OK Solberg:I remember the Coburn brothers, Bob, Bill, Wallace, their half brother Walter, and their father Robert senior and Sadie and Alex Black, Jim Thornhill, Abe Gill, Jim Winters, Lewis Goslin, Lewis and Paul Henson, and Ollie Vieseth.
OK Solberg:Also Kidd and Lonnie Curry before they became outlaws. Also, Ben Stevens and Morgan families stopped. The above people were friends of the family, so my mother was happy to make room for them over at the house. Beside the people mentioned above, who were always welcome there, there were many more.
OK Solberg:The situation became somewhat burdensome. So about 4 years after starting the ranch, my father decided to set up a public stopping place 3 miles south on the South Bank of Big Warm Creek where the trail crossed. This would be rent free to the operator.
OK Solberg:There was a building for meals and lodging and a barn and finally a saloon. My father had to concede to the latter, much against his will, in in order to get a tenant. The saloon, as we shall see later, became a big nuisance, but the setup but the setup served its purpose as to taking care of the travelers.
OK Solberg:The 1st tenant was Oscar Weldon, a brother-in-law, Frank Baker, and his wife, Rosie. Oscar once referred to his place as the Hog Ranch as a joke, and the name stuck. I don't think any hogs were ever kept there, period, end of quote.
OK Solberg:Now guys, I had to share that because of the history of our South country. We still hear mention of the old Hog ranch, and now we know a little more about it. Again, a big thank you to Dick Dale for allowing me to read and cherish this book, which is a real treasure, and to know and understand some of our own Phillips County history.
OK Solberg:Then I'd like you to know that Warren Taylor's grandfather, E. T. Taylor, Warren's grandfather, E T Taylor, ran the Hog ranch until 1941. That brings the story a little closer to home. It's fun to have fun, and local history is always fun, at least in my book.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.