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Morgan Fletcher :vbike: · @morgan
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'WORLD'S OLDEST ACTIVE COWBOY' TO MARK 94TH BIRTHDAY - Oakland Tribune - October 20, 1949

'SUNOL, Oct, 20. - When most pioneers pass the 75-year mark, society is content to let them retire to a rocking chair and spin tales of the "good old days."'

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Morgan Fletcher :vbike: · @morgan
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I am a called _Boyhood Days_, edited & with an introduction by Dr. Albert Shumate, collecting the memories of Ygnacio Villegas, who was a boy in Alta before the . Let me tell you, this is a fascinating . Albert himself was interesting, but Ygnacio's memories are kind of mind-blowing. Here's Shumate's introduction:

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