Another Inquiry -- Did Bill Wall have a dairy in Haigler? I didn't associate Bill running the creamery in Haigler.
The original house north of the railroad tracks was moved to Benkelman and is still standing in Benkelman.
Bill had a stockyard on the west end of Haigler, I remember he had a two headed calf with six legs (two legs were on the back of the spine). Never did hear what happened to that calf? I am sure it had a short lifespan.THANX FOR A RESPONSE IN ADVANCE
-- DALLAS ADAMS
So, I wrote to my mom to ask her:
Mamma,
Do you remember if Bill Wall had a dairy? And do you know what house Dallas is talking about? Bill Wall’s house probably. Do you know where it was sitting north of the tracks? The only house I remember over there was Bannisters.
Thanks,
Sherri
and here is her response:
Yes, I remember about Bill Wall having a dairy. I think that it was north of the tracks on the east side of the road. It could have been north of the river too. Not sure about this.
He sold milk in town. It was his main occupation before he had the pool hall. I don't know the exact location. There doesn't seem that there is space between the tracks and the river for that sale barn and another place. OH!!! Maybe he just turned the sale barn into a dairy. That sounds logical.
Yes I remember the stock yards at the west edge of Haigler. They were there until the 50's I think. Maybe longer. But not used much by that time.
I do know that Bannisters house was new. Bannisters first lived west of Haigler. I remember that we drove past the place . Sometime in the 40's. And she started to teach school. Maybe that is when they moved to near-Haigler--I don't know. It was when my kids were little.
I remember that there was a sale barn north of the tracks on the east side of the road. They even had community gatherings in it. Like a Christmas program and sold tickets for a cash prize. We went to a program once . I don't remember a thing about the program but I remember Mrs. Woods name was called for the prize. It wasn't used for cattle sales anymore by that time. Mom
I'M NEW AT THIS SITE, AND I HAVE SEEN THIS POST ON POPS HOUSE JUST TODAY. MY FATHER BROUGHT ME TO HAIGLER FOR A VISIT MANY YEARS AGO AND SHOWED ME A FOUNDATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, JUST A LITTLE BIT WEST OF THE TRACKS. HE TOLD ME IT WAS ONE PLACED THEY HAD LIVED. I HOPE THIS HELPS. THANK YOU, TOM WALL (VERNS SON)
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I remember my dad (Vern) had showed me a stock pen at the West end of town, on the Northeast corner. He told me it was Pops, and that he tried some pigs there but it was too much for him, so he quit it.. The Constable(a good man)in 1965 lived around the corner north of it. And I apologize for not giving his name, but, I'm drawing a blank(I do this quite often)Anyway, the last time I saw Pop He was making decorative Windmills for yards, and manually operated fans and selling them to keep himself busy, He was a real entrapanur !
The house that Tom refers to that was between the tracks and the barn on the east side of the road was the house where Bannisters lived before they built the one on the west side of the road. I don't remember if it burned or if they just tore it down but I think all that is left is the foundation.
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