Comments on: Nigerian e-mail scam (1950s version) http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/ Feisty fresh rants from a Wyoming libertarian Republican Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: francis gregg http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-17704 francis gregg Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:17:17 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-17704 what great memories! my step grandfather was mays jenkins and yes during the early 80 's mrs jean southard was the postmistress. mrs jean was the daughter of mays jenkins. my father was in the army stationed @ fort bragg n.c. everyone there knew him as pauncho and we used to spend some summers there with mays and my grandmother dee what great memories! my step grandfather was mays jenkins and yes during the early 80 ’s mrs jean southard was the postmistress. mrs jean was the daughter of mays jenkins. my father was in the army stationed @ fort bragg n.c. everyone there knew him as pauncho and we used to spend some summers there with mays and my grandmother dee

]]> By: Gilbert http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-17352 Gilbert Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:11:18 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-17352 Hi there! I used to live on cattle ranch not far from kenna. In the late- 70's to the mid-80's my dad worked for the VanEaton ranch. We would get our mail in kenna and go to school in elida. I loved that good country living! I truly miss where I grew up! Hi there!
I used to live on cattle ranch not far from kenna. In the late- 70’s to the mid-80’s my dad worked for the VanEaton ranch. We would get our mail in kenna and go to school in elida. I loved that good country living! I truly miss where I grew up!

]]> By: Michael W. Dean http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11312 Michael W. Dean Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11312 I'm a city guy who has plans to move to rural Wyoming as soon as possible, so I think I probably can see the beauty. I sure see a lot of it in the photos of Kenna my friend sent me! MWD I’m a city guy who has plans to move to rural Wyoming as soon as possible, so I think I probably can see the beauty. I sure see a lot of it in the photos of Kenna my friend sent me!

MWD

]]> By: Sherrie Douglass http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11311 Sherrie Douglass Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:44:35 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11311 Hi, I have land not to far from Kenna and they are not leasing for gas and oil exploration (that might be on hold for right now) but they are also leasing land for those big solar windmills. For a city guy I'm sure you would be hard pressed to see the beauty of the area..but it is definetly there. Come in the winter..the snakes are hibernating. Hi,
I have land not to far from Kenna and they are not leasing for gas and oil exploration (that might be on hold for right now) but they are also leasing land for those big solar windmills. For a city guy I’m sure you would be hard pressed to see the beauty of the area..but it is definetly there. Come in the winter..the snakes are hibernating.

]]> By: Michael W. Dean http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11268 Michael W. Dean Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:56:36 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11268 >I had bought for $70 cause my parents paid the land taxes for me What would that be, about 50 cents per year in taxes? more than the price of the check and the stamp, probably, regardless! >I had bought for $70 cause my parents paid the land taxes for me

What would that be, about 50 cents per year in taxes? more than the price of the check and the stamp, probably, regardless!

]]> By: Michael W. Dean http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11267 Michael W. Dean Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:55:10 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11267 That's hi-larious! I've seen my land on google earth. it's on flat land, on both sides of the highway. Technically you *could* pitch a tent there, but you'd need a shotgun to keep back the rattlesnakes, from what I understand from talking that lady at the county clerk's office. That’s hi-larious!

I’ve seen my land on google earth. it’s on flat land, on both sides of the highway. Technically you *could* pitch a tent there, but you’d need a shotgun to keep back the rattlesnakes, from what I understand from talking that lady at the county clerk’s office.

]]> By: John Daniel http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11266 John Daniel Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:52:09 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-11266 Your story brings back some memories. Years ago, after seeing the small classified ads that appeared in the back of several magizines of the time period I decided to respond to the one that stated you could purchase land in Colorado for $7 a acre. I bought ten of them sight unseen...but I figured since Aspen was getting more popular.....why not? I got legal possession of the property, and the taxes were real cheap. I then went into my 'stoner' years and forgot about the property I had bought for $70 cause my parents paid the land taxes for me....with all of us sitting and waiting for a developer to buy this excellent investment! By 1980....and me out of the thz haze, I decided on a whim to go see for myself where this fiscal goldmine actually was. Long story short. My 7 acres was on top of a mountain that a damn billy goat would of thought twice about before trying to reach!! Your story brings back some memories.

Years ago, after seeing the small classified ads that appeared in the back of several magizines of the time period I decided to respond to the one that stated you could purchase land in Colorado for $7 a acre.
I bought ten of them sight unseen…but I figured since Aspen was getting more popular…..why not?
I got legal possession of the property, and the taxes were real cheap.
I then went into my ’stoner’ years and forgot about the property I had bought for $70 cause my parents paid the land taxes for me….with all of us sitting and waiting for a developer to buy this excellent investment!
By 1980….and me out of the thz haze, I decided on a whim to go see for myself where this fiscal goldmine actually was.
Long story short.
My 7 acres was on top of a mountain that a damn billy goat would of thought twice about before trying to reach!!

]]> By: Kenna Decendant http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-10350 Kenna Decendant Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:00:55 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-10350 My family has been in Kenna, New Mexico since the turn of the century. My counsin is still one of the largest land owners in Kenna. I found the article that you show a link for extremely confusing. It states that someone named Maureen was postmistress in 1982. But when I was 15 years old in the year 1981, my aunt Jean was the postmistress run out of a trailer on the side of the interstate in Kenna, New Mexico. Maybe I don't remember the family history correctly, but I see a ton of errors in the article. I am related to half the people buried in the cemetary. As for being a land owner there...darlin...you definitely need to keep paying your $7 a year there if you like the desert. I have many many indian arrowheads from the mounds off the main highway. And sunsets that will make your heart ache. Hawaii and Arizona are the only other sunset that I have ever seen that can compare. But it is a lonesome land. My family has been in Kenna, New Mexico since the turn of the century. My counsin is still one of the largest land owners in Kenna. I found the article that you show a link for extremely confusing. It states that someone named Maureen was postmistress in 1982. But when I was 15 years old in the year 1981, my aunt Jean was the postmistress run out of a trailer on the side of the interstate in Kenna, New Mexico. Maybe I don’t remember the family history correctly, but I see a ton of errors in the article. I am related to half the people buried in the cemetary.
As for being a land owner there…darlin…you definitely need to keep paying your $7 a year there if you like the desert. I have many many indian arrowheads from the mounds off the main highway. And sunsets that will make your heart ache. Hawaii and Arizona are the only other sunset that I have ever seen that can compare. But it is a lonesome land.

]]> By: Dave http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-626 Dave Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:00:26 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-626 You could always throw one of them there Rave Gatherings the kids seem to be all ga ga about. You could always throw one of them there Rave Gatherings the kids seem to be all ga ga about.

]]> By: Michael W. Dean http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-620 Michael W. Dean Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:19:20 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/10/20/my-rattlesnake-land/#comment-620 Or it could have been about Eddy Dean. Ever hear from him? Hi Dave! MWD Or it could have been about Eddy Dean. Ever hear from him?

Hi Dave!

MWD

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