Today’s episode is about Buckshot Burow who homesteaded the Tingle place. Buckshot was a force of nature unto himself, and that’s probably why his more colorful name stuck and his given name, Raymond, was long forgotten by most. Driven by a shotgun, moonshine, and the need to prove up on his rocky domain, few stepped foot on his property without an invitation or death wish.
Knowing where to start with Buckshot is as hard as trying to rope a wild horse. His legacy cast a long shadow, and to this day, I’m still learning more.
For me, I saw beyond the broken-down man that I knew when I found one of his stills in a gully close to our ranch.
What follows after the break is what I pieced together from his daughters, what I found on the homestead that he lost to the Tingles for $17K & a host of self-inflicted ills, and what Emil & my second grandma Gladys told me.
I hope that you'll join me as I do my best in the telling of it. Please, also, submit your questions and stories, as a daily opportunity, to move through this and on to creating a better place that rewards unity rather than hate.
