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Harold Gordonn Thomson
1932 -
Harold Thomson is the youngest son of Willie and Ida Thomson, the grandson of Iha Wastwein and James Thomson. He was born at the Red Cross Hsopital which was located in the frame home built by his grandparents, James and Alice Thomson.
In his lifetime, Harold Thomson experienced the transition from horses to 4-by-4 trucks. He went from
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Once all of the fencposts on his place were hand cut; now many of them have been replaced with steel posts. Wooden sheds have been replaced by steel quonsets. Only the saddlehorses remain the same. Harold still breaks them as colts by gentling them, a method passed from his grandmother to his father and on down to him. His horses, like his father's horses, respond to their names.
Harold and his sons Jody and Rory run cattle and horses together on the ranch. They raise Hereford-cross cattle and brand them with either a B2 or a lazy T2. Jody with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture works off the farm while Rory who also studied agriculture at college, came back to the ranch where he works with Harold.
In 1996 Dakota and Lakota people from across the West took part in a Unity Ride to bond the Sioux people as a single nation. Harold Thomson proudly represented his family in the Unity Ride.
Harold and Betty (Kimball) had three children, Ellen, Jody and Rody, all of whom startred riding and breaking horses as young children. |
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