1952 New Fire Engine & Firemen – L to R Unidentified, C.R. Johnson, Estel Hamilton, L.L. Ginkens, Jr., Almond Elliott, Mac McCubbin, Lloyd Piester, Alex Burnett, Don Hall, Bud Gibson, Johnny Motl, Wayne Fitzgerald, Neal Dutton, Emmett Long, and Walt Jones on far side of truck.
John A. Gibson, Sr. was a frequent in poker games at the Mullen Vets club, and at one point he had a run of good luck that helped fund the purchase of a ranch south of Mullen. The ranch consisted of 1,050 acres and had an irrigation well for alfalfa hay. After John, Sr. passed away the ranch was owned by siblings Bud, Barney, and Jeffie. The ranch was eventually sold around 1977.
August 1, 1950 – Barney Haying
1949 – Barney and Joe Moving Cattle
This is part of the ranch owned by the Gibson family. The 1,050 acres also extended West of Highway 97.
Brothers Elzie Reeves & Bulus Reeves married sisters Anna Gilkey & Ida Gilkey, respectively, in a double ceremony on April 1, 1918 in Hot Springs, South Dakota. For their 50th anniversaries the Reeves family gathered in Mullen, Nebraska to celebrate.
Elzie Reeves, Anna (Gilkey) Reeves, Ida (Gilkey) Reeves, Bulus Reeves
