This story about Artell comes from Fay's oral history. The picture that I have put with it shows Artell about the age that the story took place. I know that the quality is very poor. I am hoping that someone has the original and can help us get a quality copy. That is why I am using the picture today.
Here is the Story: "We had our time with horses. Artell was horse crazy, and he went and bought a horse named Hawk. Every time he would get on Hawk, Hawk would buck. One morning we were trying to get the wagon all loaded up and Artell--we could never get him in. Glen always got on the wagon and we went to the hills to get the wood. But Artell, we needed him, but he would never go. So he decided he would ride Hawk alongside the wagon, If he could ride Hawk, he would go. So he got on Hawk and Hawk commenced to buck and he bucked Artell right off and Artell's head just missed the wheel of the wagon.
So mother just looked at him and said, "Hawk goes into the barn."
So Hawk went in the barn and Artell had to get on the wagon, but he pouted all day.
That crazy horse tried to kill him two or three times.
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