Last month I wrote about the basic structure and vision of what we call the Cheyenne River Ranch, which had its true origins within the confines of the Broken Heart Ranch. This month I would like you to know something…
Gervase’s River Ranch Diary
I have often been asked…
…why I consider that this Cheyenne River Ranch and formerly the Broken Heart Ranch are different from other ranches beyond the fact of being buffalo ranches. In the past and in attempting to answer that question with at least a…
River Ranch Diary
By Gervase Hittle A few days ago I happened to be in Rapid City doing some errands and grocery shopping. My freezer no longer had any buffalo meat; so I went to the new office/cut and pack meat plant of…
July 2011 River Ranch Diary
At the beginning of the third week of June I met with a group and conducted a tour of the Cheyenne River Ranch. This tour was by no means the first of these with which I have been involved, but…
May 2011 River Ranch Diary
I don’t know exactly what to write today, because I am leaving my position at the ranch. It is not without some regret that I do so, but several things have converged so the timing is most appropriate. The convergence…
April 2011 River Ranch Diary
I am and have been a proponent of U.S. Senator Tim Johnson’s “Buffalo Gap National Grasslands Wilderness” proposal. That is not an astute political position to take in this neighborhood and political climate—-but it is the right one. Recently the…
March 2011 River Ranch Diary
I may be wrong here, but real winter seems to have come late this year. Autumn ran late and mid-winter seemed extraordinarily warm. The first real cold period came in late January and mid-February, and the first major snow fell…
February 2011 River Ranch Diary
Many of my closest friends consider me as “old school.” I consider myself “old school;” so I don’t take that designation to be negative. I use a computer and carry a cell phone and am fairly comfortable and capable with…
January 2011 River Ranch Diary
January 3rd of 2011 was the ninth anniversary of coming to live and work on the Cheyenne River Ranch. Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe that I have been here that long. I remember my first day of work:…
December 2010 River Ranch Diary
I am constantly amazed at the value we assign to things, events, people, and possessions. We mostly view “value” in financial terms, amortization tables, and dollars and cents. This view keeps everything neat and sterile and allows us to dodge…