Pearkes, a former Mountie, homesteader, and broncobuster, the 116th displayed great confidence and considerable swagger. |
When the bus makes a scheduled stop in Fairfield where the annual rodeo is in progress, Mollie runs into broncobuster Duke Hudkins. |
After heading west at the age of 15, he ranched with relatives in Colorado, then knocked around the U.S. and Canadian Rockies, working as a drover and broncobuster. |
The owner's son, Jack, was a broncobuster who later worked in the movies in Hollywood. |
Along the way, he has also been a rodeo broncobuster, metal shop class instructor for seventh through ninth graders, singer, barber, and farmer of 76 acres. |