Thursday, November 10, 2011

Cowboy Legacy -- Kendrick, Idaho 1903 - 1928

Jackson Bailey on front porch with grand babies (about 1925).

In an earlier post I introduced you to Jackson Bailey and his wife Lillian.  See http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-nebraska-1869-to-idaho.html

Turn-of-the-century aerial view of Kendrick, Idaho
In this post we'll examine the twenty-five years he lived in Kendrick, Idaho between 1903, when he first homesteaded there, and 1928 when he retired on a small five acre plot in Lewiston, Idaho.


1908 photo above (front row L - R) Curtis Bailey, David Jackson Bailey, Lillian Amanda (Pierce) Bailey, and Clara Bailey (back row L - R) Frank Bailey, Marcus Bailey, Meda Bailey, David Bailey and George Frederick Bailey.  Funny how you can study these old photos, and suddenly you spot something new--the front row are sitting on an elk hide.


I don't know if Jackson was engaged in the firewood business, the way his son Frank had been in Kalispell, Montana about 1914, or if this 1920s photo is just a glimpse at a family operation.  Either way he had a pretty sophisticated rail system to move logs, so they could use a two-man crosscut saw to cut them.  I'd bet my bottom dollar those draft horses are Belgians.


Here's another great 1920s photo of Jackson and his sons baling hay.  They forked the hay into a trough, then swung the horses in an arc pulling a piston drive mechanism that compressed the hay bale.  Granddad is on the far left.  Jackson is second from the right.  I'm not sure, but I think the other boys might be David, and George.


This final photo from the 1920s gives us a good view of a major portion of the 160 acre Kendrick homestead.  Jackson lived until 1949, and I don't believe he ever owned an automobile.  My uncle Vernon told me he could remember his granddad (Jackson) coming for a visit.  He said, "You could always spot him on a distant ridge where he'd dismount, and walk his horse to cool him off, and he always had one or two of his dogs trailing' behind."















6 comments:

  1. Very interesting! I've done a history of my own great-grandparents, who homesteaded in Juliaetta in the 1870s.

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    1. Hello, I represent JKHF, Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foundation. I am very interested in your photos and story. We have a museum in Kendrick and would gladly include your memories in our archives. Where was the farm located? My email: 25skharris@gmail.com if it is more convenient. We have a website www.jkhf.ino and a Facebook page under our name listed above. Thank you.

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    2. Hello, I represent JKHF, Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foundation. I am very interested in your photos and story. We have a museum in Kendrick and would gladly include your memories in our archives. Where was the farm located? My email: 25skharris@gmail.com if it is more convenient. We have a website www.jkhf.ino and a Facebook page under our name listed above. Thank you.

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  2. Hello, I represent JKHF, Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foundation. I am very interested in your photos and story. We have a museum in Kendrick and would gladly include your memories in our archives. Where was the farm located? My email: 25skharris@gmail.com if it is more convenient. We have a website www.jkhf.ino and a Facebook page under our name listed above. Thank you.

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  3. Hello, I represent JKHF, Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foundation. I am very interested in your photos and story. We have a museum in Kendrick and would gladly include your memories in our archives. Where was the farm located? My email: 25skharris@gmail.com if it is more convenient. We have a website www.jkhf.ino and a Facebook page under our name listed above. Thank you.

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  4. Hello Sharon,

    Your asked questions about my blog post at: http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-kendrick-idaho-1903-1928.html?showComment=1442801446284#c5355129146095566049

    Where was Jackson Bailey's farm? -- I looked at the 1920 census and it only says Kendrick, Idaho

    However, on U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, he appears to have land on two maps:

    Owner's Name: Jackson Bailey
    State: Idaho
    County: Latah
    Town: Harvard; Helmer; Princeton
    Year: 1914

    Owner's Name: Jackson Bailey
    State: Idaho
    County: Latah
    Town: Cornwall
    Year: 1914

    His obituary is here: http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/search?q=Jackson+Bailey

    And, more of his story is here: http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-nebraska-1869-to-idaho.html

    My granddad, Frank Bailey, had a wheat farm in Kendrick about 1918 - 1920. I believed he was on Bear Ridge, but the 1920 census says Texas Ridge. There's more here: http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/search?q=wheat+farm

    I hope some of this is useful for you.

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