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THE ORME STORY In 1929, the Quarter Circle V Bar Ranch became the Orme Ranch when Uncle Chick and Aunt Minna moved up from their ranch near Phoenix. The climate down there was too hot for them, so they decided to move out here, 75 miles north and 3000 feet higher. Traveling just a short distance in those days was not a pleasure, even when the roads were fairly decent. The roads going north from Phoenix were as primitive as they could be, and when the Orme family had to bring all their belongings with them, one can imagine that the trip was a strenuous one. A usual resting place going north was Rock Springs, about 40 miles from Phoenix. From here they still had 35 miles to go. The journey up to the ranch was but the first of their tasks. When they arrived, they practically had to build the whole ranch. The barn had been erected several years before, but other buildings were needed. One of the major concerns of Uncle Chick and Aunt Minna was the school situation. They had both had a good education and could see that their children would need the same. But the schools were far off. The Ormes had three children of their own, their Mexican-American ranchhand had five, so they decided to get hold of a teacher who could live on the 4
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The location did however, make it possible to clear some fields and start growing hay, alfalfa, and other crops. But as the ranch expanded, the water situation became more serious. It was actually not solved until a couple of years ago, when Uncle Chick fin- ished maybe the greatest of all his projects- ranch and take care of grades 1 through 8. Seeing that other ranchers might be interested in sending their children to this school, they built the Adobe, serving as classroom and housing for the teacher. Now the school situation was more or less solved, but there were other problems which presented themselves. The Quarter Circle V Bar Ranch was located on the Ash Creek which gave them some of the water they needed, but not enough. the irrigation ditches. But despite water prob- lems, life went on in a typical western manner. What buildings and fencing they needed they constructed themselves. Neither telephone nor electricity was here when they first came, so Uncle Chick cut down the logs he needed and strung the lines about 8 miles with the help of people from the ranch. And this is the way in which most things have been done-that they do it them- selves. This is partly what makes our school so unique. The other part is that the ranch brings the taste of western life into OUR daily life at the school. 5
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