Country Lifestyles
The man behind the reins – Brice Jackson
By Judy Wade
From the Pioneer Reunion to the Pendleton Roundup, Brice Jackson and his buggy and team of horses are well known. “I have driven United States Senators and Representatives, corporate executives, Hall of Fame inductees, RFD-TV hosts, mayors, sheriffs and dozens of Pioneer Reunion presidents. I have also had the honor of driving cancer survivors on Tough Enough to Wear Pink performances at many rodeos, and I have carried three good friends to their final resting places,” Jackson shared.
Jackson’s story began in 1850 when his great-great-great grandfather came to East Texas. In the 1880s his great-great grandfather settled in the south Clay County-north Jack County area. “In the ‘40s and ‘50s my grandmother Irene (Rene) Jackson, who rode horses until she was in her 80s, bought several small places in Clay and Archer Counties. I grew up three miles east of Scotland and attended school at Archer City in grades one through three,” Jackson said.
It was there he met a man who was to have a great influence on his life. “I was named Phillip Brice after Phil Strawhorn, a retired Cavalry man and bachelor who lived in a one-room shack west of Shannon. He was a horse and mule trader who always had a team. I spent time with him in the summers when I was in grades one, two and three,” Jackson related.
The pair would drive a hitch of mules or horses to his grandparents’ house or the Shannon General Store where they would buy some bologna, Longhorn cheese and a sleeve of crackers and head to West Fork to fish. “We drove the team and wagon in the Archer City Rodeo parade every year, and sometimes we went to Windthorst and gave kids a ride in the wagon for a dime each,” Jackson continued.
“We moved, ending up in New London where I have lived for 51 years, and I didn’t see Strawhorn again for many years. He was my first influence as a young kid,” he continued.
Fast forward 30-something years, after high school, college, going to work, getting married and raising a family.
“In the late 1980s, my wife Patti and I went to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo for the first time. The rodeo may be ‘The Daddy of Them All,’ but the collection of wagons and buggies is also ‘The Daddy of Them All.’ For over 100 years, 60 or more wagons and buggies have participated in four huge parades and 10 days of rodeo performances at Cheyenne, with many of the teams invited from all over the nation to pull their wagons. I was enthralled by them, and every year I went I paid more attention,” Jackson related.
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By Dal Houston
I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.
To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.
With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one
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By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
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By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
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