Anita McCune Witt was born in Kansas to city folk, so when her dad bought her a horse as a child, she had to board it on some vacant land outside of town. Nevertheless, she fully embraced the Western lifestyle. Witt told Walter Gallacher in a 2014 Immigrant Stories interview (www.bit.ly/IS-Anita): “I started dressing like […]
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Before the Cowen Center, there was Gracie
Before the Cowen Center on Highway 133 there was Gracie Cowen. And a few cows, dogs, cats and junk cars — one of which was a Model T Ford that can still be seen chugging up and down the Crystal River Valley after its owner repainted it brown and black. Gracie lived on 11 acres […]