Buffalo Gap, Texas

Sunday afternoon we drove down the road a piece to Buffalo Gap, Texas.  They have an historic village that we went to visit. 

Some of the items on display were ones we remembered, like this ringer wash machine.  i think that means we must be old.  When M was a child she got her arm caught in the ringer and bears the indentation in her forearm to this day.  I don't imagine she was smiling when it happened then like she was Sunday. 

The village had period houses and businesses to browse through.  I imagine that Texas was an interesting place to live during the last half of the nineteen century.

I was interested in all the "bird points" in this native display of arrow heads 

On the wall was was a stuffed white buffalo head.  Coming from ND I am aware that the native  American tribes believe these animals are sacred.

According to the American Bison Association only one in ten million bison births is a "White Buffalo."  Perhaps you remember the ranch across the street that has a couple of Zebra?  Well, on our way home we spotted this live "White Buffalo" in the same herd as the zebra.

I'm not sure what the story was with this critter, but I never thought that I would see a live WB.   

The jail was a combination of courtroom and jail which showed some signs of bullet holes on the outside.

Homes and businesses were pretty basic. 

The church was the most recent addition to the village and seemed to be in better shape. 

I've been watching the live eagle cam of Deorah Eagles on the internet.  Three chicks have hatched and the parents seem very faithful in providing for them.  Their main diet seems to be fish and rabbit, though fish are by far the most prevalent.  

Today after I heard of the forecast for Decorah, I checked the site to see Mama sitting on the chicks with at least 6 inches of fresh snow on the nest.  How do they do it?  This storm was the reason we left Texas a day earlier than planned.  We beat the storm home. 

Even without the latest six inches, SD still had a lot of snow to melt.