Pay Respects to Jesse M. Teeters, 85
Friends of Jesse M. Teeters, 85, Shoshoni paid there final respects to this 65 year resident of the county this afternoon, Dec 28, at Funeral rites conducted from the Community Presbyterian Church, Shoshoni. He was laid to rest in Shoshoni cemetery overlooking the prairie where he ran sheep since the turn of the century.
Jessie Teeters' bright outlook and homespun wit earned him a reputation as the "Will Rogers of Fremont County." He ran away from home in Illinois to come west. By the time he was 15 he had his own sheep.
He was a partner with J.D. "Daddy" Woodruff. When Woodruff was dying he told his partner. "Well, Jess, I'm going to stake a claim for you. I'll be waiting."
Mr. Teeters had a big sheep outfit with six herds. running on the Reservation on open range up toward the Bargee country. There were no fences, no farms. For five years he wintered with his sheep, living in a tent, scraping away the snow, melting it for water.
When the town of Shoshoni started, he chose that town as headquarters and spent the rest of his life working from there.
He married the school teacher. His was the life of the self-made man.
When the policy change closed the reservation to grazing, Mr. Teeters fortunes changed and he quit ranching.
He spent the last years of his life living by himself, preserving his independence. During his life he saw the coming of the towns, the fences, the farms.
But Jesse Teeters didn't take to the new things like television. He disliked make believe.
His survivors include his two daughters, Mrs. Elery Bird, Shoshoni, and Mrs. E. R. Stiles, Midland Texas and four grand children.
© Riverton Ranger December 1961
Obituary courtesy of Shutterbug, July 2016
Friends of Jesse M. Teeters, 85, Shoshoni paid there final respects to this 65 year resident of the county this afternoon, Dec 28, at Funeral rites conducted from the Community Presbyterian Church, Shoshoni. He was laid to rest in Shoshoni cemetery overlooking the prairie where he ran sheep since the turn of the century.
Jessie Teeters' bright outlook and homespun wit earned him a reputation as the "Will Rogers of Fremont County." He ran away from home in Illinois to come west. By the time he was 15 he had his own sheep.
He was a partner with J.D. "Daddy" Woodruff. When Woodruff was dying he told his partner. "Well, Jess, I'm going to stake a claim for you. I'll be waiting."
Mr. Teeters had a big sheep outfit with six herds. running on the Reservation on open range up toward the Bargee country. There were no fences, no farms. For five years he wintered with his sheep, living in a tent, scraping away the snow, melting it for water.
When the town of Shoshoni started, he chose that town as headquarters and spent the rest of his life working from there.
He married the school teacher. His was the life of the self-made man.
When the policy change closed the reservation to grazing, Mr. Teeters fortunes changed and he quit ranching.
He spent the last years of his life living by himself, preserving his independence. During his life he saw the coming of the towns, the fences, the farms.
But Jesse Teeters didn't take to the new things like television. He disliked make believe.
His survivors include his two daughters, Mrs. Elery Bird, Shoshoni, and Mrs. E. R. Stiles, Midland Texas and four grand children.
© Riverton Ranger December 1961
Obituary courtesy of Shutterbug, July 2016
Pay Respects to Jesse M. Teeters, 85
Friends of Jesse M. Teeters, 85, Shoshoni paid there final respects to this 65 year resident of the county this afternoon, Dec 28, at Funeral rites conducted from the Community Presbyterian Church, Shoshoni. He was laid to rest in Shoshoni cemetery overlooking the prairie where he ran sheep since the turn of the century.
Jessie Teeters' bright outlook and homespun wit earned him a reputation as the "Will Rogers of Fremont County." He ran away from home in Illinois to come west. By the time he was 15 he had his own sheep.
He was a partner with J.D. "Daddy" Woodruff. When Woodruff was dying he told his partner. "Well, Jess, I'm going to stake a claim for you. I'll be waiting."
Mr. Teeters had a big sheep outfit with six herds. running on the Reservation on open range up toward the Bargee country. There were no fences, no farms. For five years he wintered with his sheep, living in a tent, scraping away the snow, melting it for water.
When the town of Shoshoni started, he chose that town as headquarters and spent the rest of his life working from there.
He married the school teacher. His was the life of the self-made man.
When the policy change closed the reservation to grazing, Mr. Teeters fortunes changed and he quit ranching.
He spent the last years of his life living by himself, preserving his independence. During his life he saw the coming of the towns, the fences, the farms.
But Jesse Teeters didn't take to the new things like television. He disliked make believe.
His survivors include his two daughters, Mrs. Elery Bird, Shoshoni, and Mrs. E. R. Stiles, Midland Texas and four grand children.
© Riverton Ranger December 1961
Obituary courtesy of Shutterbug, July 2016
Friends of Jesse M. Teeters, 85, Shoshoni paid there final respects to this 65 year resident of the county this afternoon, Dec 28, at Funeral rites conducted from the Community Presbyterian Church, Shoshoni. He was laid to rest in Shoshoni cemetery overlooking the prairie where he ran sheep since the turn of the century.
Jessie Teeters' bright outlook and homespun wit earned him a reputation as the "Will Rogers of Fremont County." He ran away from home in Illinois to come west. By the time he was 15 he had his own sheep.
He was a partner with J.D. "Daddy" Woodruff. When Woodruff was dying he told his partner. "Well, Jess, I'm going to stake a claim for you. I'll be waiting."
Mr. Teeters had a big sheep outfit with six herds. running on the Reservation on open range up toward the Bargee country. There were no fences, no farms. For five years he wintered with his sheep, living in a tent, scraping away the snow, melting it for water.
When the town of Shoshoni started, he chose that town as headquarters and spent the rest of his life working from there.
He married the school teacher. His was the life of the self-made man.
When the policy change closed the reservation to grazing, Mr. Teeters fortunes changed and he quit ranching.
He spent the last years of his life living by himself, preserving his independence. During his life he saw the coming of the towns, the fences, the farms.
But Jesse Teeters didn't take to the new things like television. He disliked make believe.
His survivors include his two daughters, Mrs. Elery Bird, Shoshoni, and Mrs. E. R. Stiles, Midland Texas and four grand children.
© Riverton Ranger December 1961
Obituary courtesy of Shutterbug, July 2016
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