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CLARENCE & VIDA Sheep Shearing Family Photos

click on photos for larger image Clarence,Vida, Lois, Jim & Lynn On the Shearing Road With Their First House Trailer - This Trailer Had No Toilet, No Water, But It Sure Did Beat A Tent- About 1942 Clarence As a Young Man Shearing Sheep - This Was A Hard Back Breaking Job - And Clarence Was One of the Best Sheep Shearers of the Crew - One Day Clarence Sheared Over 200 Sheep in One Day The Sheep Shearing Crews Started In California - Moved to Nevada- Then to Utah, Idaho and Finally to Montana- They Followed the Springtime & Summertime North Frequently Clarence & Vida Sheared Sheep Because The Mines Did Not Work Many Hours in The Summer Months At the End of The Montana Shearing Clarence, Vida and The Other Shearers Frequently Fished the Madison River in Montana		click on photos for larger image Vida and Francis (Lowell's Wife) On the Shearing Road in About 1942- It Was a Tough Life on the Shearing Road With 3 Young Kids Who Were Not as Well Behaved Then As They Are Now Clarence Had Developed Some Muscles Not By Lifting Weights - But By Shearing Sheep and Doing Hard Work on the Farm Before Learning To Shear Sheep- Clarence Tromped Wool in the 9 Ft. Long Wool Sacks - And in 105 Degree Heat Corky, Lois, Beverly, Jim & Lynn In About 1943 - On the Shearing Road - These Kids Had Few Toys But They Were Happy GO TO COAL MINING PHOTOS