Saying Goodbye to a Local Cowboy Legend

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If you happened to be in the horseshoe-shaped cowboy town of New Plymouth, Idaho last Saturday night, you might have thought the rodeo had come early this year.

Dusty pickup trucks, cars, and a sea of bobbing cowboy hats filled the fairgrounds parking lot, as family and friends gathered to pay their respects to a local cowboy legend. One of those hats had come all the way from Oklahoma, and even a former Idaho governor was in attendance.

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