Pete Ferrell - Beaumont, Kansas

When I was a boy we had a post office, we had a grocery store, three cafes and two filling stations.  All that is gone now...I'm the only rancher.  I came in grave danger of losing this place, right after my dad died.  Most people don't know that, but I'm not scared to say it now, because I'm past the point of just hanging on.  At one point I seriously discussed losing it and I'm not sure who I'd be.  I'm not sure what I would become.  This place made me, it made who I am.  My dad's ashes are right on top of that hill. So it is sacred ground for me...I can't walk away.