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Uncle Chick, Me and the Christmas Tree

by | Oct 13, 2009 | Features & Gunfights

Looking back at Charles Orme's ranch school, where students are still taught to this day.
The aging Chevrolet Carryall van turned off the Old Black Canyon Highway at Poland Junction between Mayer and Humboldt, Arizona, and began to follow the narrow, winding, muddy road up to the snowy Bradshaw Mountains. Charles Henry Orme, a powerfully built man, nearing 53, was driving. A small passenger bounced along in the front seat b


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