The Lebaron Secret
“The property consisted of three thousand wooded acres in Lake County, overlooking Flathead Lake, and with snowcapped mountains on both horizons, which Julius LeBaron had bought for a song—ten dollars an acre—before the war, when land in the Rockies was considered next to worthless. Now, the U.S. government would like to purchase Bitterroot for a National Forest, but Sari and Julius’s other heirs have been holding out. The figure the government has offered is $500,000. Private developers have al...so shown an interest.
Bitterroot was, and is, in timber country, but it had been Peter’s idea to clear the valley of trees for sheep ranching—Australian merinos were what he had in mind. And he had also planned to experiment with a new breed of beef cattle that had been developed in Texas, called Santa Gertrudis, noted for their hardiness in all kinds of weather and their thrifty growth on grass feeding. That, at least, had been his plan.
The main building at Bitterroot was a comfortable, ten-room log house, all on one level, set on an open hillside above the lake.MoreLess
Bitterroot was, and is, in timber country, but it had been Peter’s idea to clear the valley of trees for sheep ranching—Australian merinos were what he had in mind. And he had also planned to experiment with a new breed of beef cattle that had been developed in Texas, called Santa Gertrudis, noted for their hardiness in all kinds of weather and their thrifty growth on grass feeding. That, at least, had been his plan.
The main building at Bitterroot was a comfortable, ten-room log house, all on one level, set on an open hillside above the lake.MoreLess
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