Mending Fence

Oil on Barnwood
26.75″ x 21.5″
$1300
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O’Connell Ranch
With over 40,000 sheep and a large herd of cattle, all destined for the military who were fighting in the second World War, maintaining fences made the difference between success and failure for the ranch. Atop a work horse and leading two others loaded with gear, food, and tent, Larry’s dad, Chuck, is about to embark on a two-week journey to mend the ranch’s fences. Back then there were neither automatic post-hole diggers nor electric wire strung and connected to a battery. It was hard, grunt work where one never knew what or whom he would encounter.

Larry’s dad was truly a hard worker, who also supported the family as a miner in the Flathead Mine before ranching.