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Family Stories
A potpourri of stories about various family members or events, written by others and edited by me.
Note that each of these writings were created by someone else (see next heading). My role was to first transcribe it, next to add links to people or places, and then to add corrections or clarifications [within brackets].
This grouping of 15 stories were recorded in his Pocket Notes and cover roughly 1904 to 1911. These cover about 14 pages from this smaller notebook, so most are fairly short. The main focus is on his hunting and related feats that may be a bit surprising, but true. These were written in October of 1909.
Strange Incidents and Little Tales by Jesse Hibbard
Most recent on top; [yyyy-mm-dd] is date published.
- Incident #1
- This recounts an experience Jesse had with a muskrat in the fall of 1906. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #2
- This recounts an experience Jesse had when trying to trap a muskrat in 1905 or 1906. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #3
- Jesse recounts him getting his first duck [2025-08-22]
- Incident #4
- Jesse describes how he stabbed a skunk in 1905 and got 5ยข in return. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #5
- Read how Jesse "caught two quail in a trap at one time." [2025-08-22]
- Incident #6
- Jesse describes catching a prairie chicken in a trap in 1906. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #7
- Jesse catches a jackrabbit in the winter of 1902-03. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #8
- One shot yields x birds. What is x? [2025-08-22]
- Incident #9
- The cunning mink. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #10
- The longest successful shot. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #11
- Three tales about Jesse's father and his uncle Herman. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #12
- A longer story about the 1910 opening season when Jesse and Alois Bromenschenkel go hunting. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #13
- Jesse is impressed with a striped gopher. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #14
- Another striped gopher story. [2025-08-22]
- Incident #15
- What do you see in a fire's coals when camping alone? [2025-08-22]