Working for Thulesens

I was released from the Army in March, 1959. I worked around town, Miles City, for several months in various jobs. After working several months in these less than memorable jobs, I went to work for Jim and Bettylou Thulesen on their ranch out by Powderville. I think that I went to work for them just after Christmas in 1960.

Jim had a project that he wanted my help on. He had a hay stacker called a Farmhand. To use it you had to tie up a tractor. So he bought a truck frame, turned the gears around and mounted this hay stacker on it. We worked on it for a couple of months besides doing the usual...