Bud Cotton tells of a buffalo calf named One Spot, found weak and hungry near its dead mother. Bud took the orphan in; feeding him canned milk and oatmeal. As if with dog tendencies, the little fellow even came into the cabin and slept under the table on occasion! Bud’s horse, Frost and One Spot were partners, sharing stall and fodder until the buffalo became aggressive and Bud put him out to range. Some evenings Bud would find One Spot lying right in front of the gate entrance to Rockyford. The only way to get the huge beast to move was for Bud to tie Frost, climb the fence, and throw some hay over to the other side, a little ways from the gate. Slowly, the buffalo would rise and saunter down the fence line to his bait. This would enable a tired warden and his horse to enter their yard without further obstruction. Later, however, One Spot forgot his old partners and fatally gored Frost. Finally in 1939, Bud, having lost all love for his one-time pet, saw the massive bull killed for pemmican; he saved the scalp lock as a souvenir. Ray Sharp remembers Jim Wilson from the cattalo farm phoning to report two deer with their horns locked. Ray and a few others went to help out. Just as they neared the entwined animals, the deer “put their heads together” and ran away! This happened a couple of times until they became tangled in some brush and two men on each side, pried the horns apart. The animals immediately fled the scene without so much as a thank you. Another incident Ray remembers is when they were tracking a moose yearling to be shipped. Ray and Vern Treffry cut the yearling from its mother, and while riding on either side of it, both men left their saddles to pounce upon the fleeing animal. Bert Kitchen and Bill Brown arrived on the scene, designing a rope halter for the catch. While one rider headed to the north gate to request a team to come for the moose, the other boys, one in each side and one behind, headed the yearling in the right direction. Before the team was completely harnessed for their trek to the range, a grinning threesome led their prize into the corrals, halter broke and leading up just like a horse! Maude, a tame elk at the Park, had many admirers and appears in various visitors’ and Park staff’s pictures. Ole, a tame buffalo was christened by the daughter of the King of Norway in 1929. Ray Sharp was lucky enough to be blessed with a wife and a new truck for the Farm in 1928. Irene Treffry became Mrs. Sharp. The truck happened to be a Rio Speed Wagon, license number 59-412. Ray remembers receiving a little flack from the town constable for not having a rear view mirror. Irene Sharp moved to the Park in 1916 when her father started on the fencing crews and her mother, with five children in tow, cooked for the men. Mrs. Treffry prepared three strapping meals every day from the mobile cook car. Measuring about 10 feet by 16 feet, it had table ledges along each length of wall, bench seats, and a walkway between. At the end of the car was a cast-iron cook stove heated with wood. Water was carried in by pail. The cramped quarters didn’t hinder final output, as there was still pie, cake and cookies for dessert. The cook would usually purchase a quarter of buffalo meat, which was hard to discern from ordinary beef. Each man paid her thirty cents a day for his fare. In spring, men would axe wood from the bluffs, haul it to the farm and cut it with a buzz saw attached to a Fordson tractor. When time permitted it was split and piled for winter use. Derricks attached to trucks were used to load stragglers that were killed on the range during the winter of 1940. The derricks were collapsed and strapped down while traveling. This equipment was sent to Elk Island Park when all operations were complete at Buffalo Park. On June 3, 1939, King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth arrived at Wainwright train station greeted by a throng of anxious citizens. The Mayor, Dr. J.G. Middlemass and his wife formally welcomed the Royal Couple. After a short speech by the King, they were again aboard the train. Reincarnations