EMIL REDMON'S COW
Stories From the Farm and Ranch






New to the collection—a big handful of colorful stories from "Dawson, Holenbeck, and Hund."







The number of stories available from each person is indicated in parenthesis. Click on the individual's name to hear more.




Martin Gnadt: Sonny Boy (4)
Alma, Kansas, 2017


Bill Brethour: Milk Fever (6)
Alma, Kansas, 2018


* Gene Barr: Bachelors and Burning (3)
Morris County, Kansas, 2019


* Jackie Hett: Pulling Calves (4)
Marion County, Kansas, 2019


* Kenny Stahl: Cowboyin' and Stuff (8)
Strong City, Kansas, 2019


* Pat Sauble: Open Range (1)
Newton, Kansas, 2019


Bill Schwalm: Moving Cattle (1)
Alma, Kansas, 2018


* Tom Burton: Five and a Half Days (4)
Matfield Green, Kansas, 2019


* Tony Meseke: Go Devil (8)
Volland, Kansas, 2019


* Gary Schultz: Sale Barn Wisdom (5)
Alma, Kansas, 2019


* Evelyn Zeckser and Mary Schultz: Laundry Day (5)
Alma, Kansas, 2019


* Louis Surber: Broken Strings (3)
Eureka, Kansas, 2019


* Paul Seeley: Seventy-five Miles (4)
Eureka, Kansas, 2019


* Marcia and Wayne Bailey: Rancher/Cowboy (4)
Matfield Green, Kansas, 2019


* Annie Wilson: The Dog that Stood in the Gate (1)
More from Annie coming soon!


* Dennis Hague and Piper Hayes: A Good Hand (3)
Matfield Green, Kansas, 2019


* Bev Walker Hedrick: Bib Overalls (2)
Matfield Green, Kansas, 2019


Jim Hoy: Buckshot (9)
Cassoday, Kansas, 2020


Clint Huntington: Twenty-five Minutes (4)
Eureka, Kansas, 2021


Cleo Schultz: Rodeo Tales (3)
Alma, Kansas, 2021


Bobby Meseke: Piss and Vinegar (3)
Alma, Kansas, 2021








Pandemic Follow-up Series
Created in partnership with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Josh, Gwen, and Josie Hoy  •  Jim Hoy  •  Bill Brethour
Evelyn Zeckser and John Hund  •  Dennis Hague and Piper Hayes







The number of stories available from each person is indicated in parenthesis. Click on the individual's name to hear more.




** Donita Rogers: The Mailbox Man (7)
Strong City, Kansas, 2021


** Irlene Huntington: Old Dan (3)
Greenwood County, Kansas, 2021


** Carol Feyh and Carol Michaelis: Just What You Did (5)
McFarland, Kansas, 2021


** Irene Thoes: Had to be Done (5)
Wamego, Kansas, 2021


** Eula Barrett: Shorty (6)
Chase County, Kansas, 2021


** Jackie Seeley: My Inspiration (4)
Eureka, Kansas, 2021


** Pat Surber: Cowboy Beans (7)
Eureka, Kansas, 2021


Wayne Bailey and Clint Huntington: It's Wayne!
It is fun to hear the same story from different perspectives.


Betty Brungardt: The Dirty Thirties (1)
Catharine, Kansas, 1985



Ivan and Jeanie Seele: No One Was Bored (16)
Alma, Kansas, 2022


Dawson, Holenbeck, and Hund: Dusty (15)
Alma, Kansas, 2023


Lanny Ellis: The Picture (6)
Alma, Kansas, 2023


Lesline and Bowen: Big as a Bedsheet (14)
Alma, Kansas, 2022


 
 


 
 










A Conversation with Bill Haw
Filmed for the Pioneer Bluffs Center for Flint Hills Ranching Heritage.









In partnership with Pioneer Bluffs Center for Flinthills Ranching Heritage, we have been awarded a generous grant from the Trusler Foundation of Emporia, Kansas. This gift, in combination with support from the Wabaunsee County Historical Society and Museum, and the Volland Foundation, has funded 19 more interviews and two related events! Filming is complete and we are furiously editing.

The first screening events has been schuduled for April 14, 2024, at the Volland Store. A second, at Pioneer Bluffs, will take place on April 28. At the conclusion of these two events, the films will be available here. The official name of this segment is Emil Redmon's Cow—stories from the farm and racnh: Wisdom Keepers.





Glenn and Virginia Czirr
Alma, Kansas, 2023


John Wilson
Matfield Green, Kansas, 2023


Bobby Hammond
Emporia, Kansas, 2023


Bill Browning
Matfield Green, Kansas, 2023


Sylvia Brethour
Maple Hill, Kansas, 2023


Jimmy Craig
Overland Park, Kansas, 2023


Harry Whitney
Alma, Kansas, 2023


Dick Poovey
Alma, Kansas, 2023


Charlie White
Wamego, Kansas, 2023


Dan Nurnberg
Saffordville, Kansas, 2023


Rich Porter
Reading, Kansas, 2023


Frank and Margaret Mary Buchman
Alma, Kansas, 2023


Verne Claussen
Alma, Kansas, 2023


Mel Stout
Alma, Kansas, 2023


Bill Hatcher
Strong City, Kansas, 2023


Gary Rieck
Burlingame, Kansas, 2023


Milton Claassen
Newton, Kansas, 2023


Jim Mertz
Alma, Kansas, 2023


Farabi, Dillinghams, Diepenbrocks, and Redmons
Wabaunsee County, Kansas, 2023


 
 


 
 






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* These 14 interviews (representing more than 50 individual stories) are part of Tallgrass Tales—a 2019 pilot project possible by a grant
from Humanities Kansas, and in partnership with Pioneer Bluffs and the Wabaunsee County Historical Society and Museum.


** These 8 interviews (representing more than 40 individual stories) are part of Women of the Ranch—a 2021 project made possible by a grant
from Humanities Kansas, and in partnership with Pioneer Bluffs and the Wabaunsee County Historical Society and Museum.






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