Smell the aroma of sagebrush after a warm rain. Think of the wide-open spaces of Harney County s 10,180 Square Feet of High Desert, where cattle far out number the people. Where the sagebrush meets the mountains in a country where Pete French, the Cattle Barron of long ago, used to hang his hat and wild horses still run free. Drewsey, Oregon, once known as Gouge Eye, sets below rim rocks where not much has changed. A few people come and a few people go.
Cattle roam the same streets of long ago.
A two-room schoolhouse sits at one end of this quiet little town, and there is never a line to wait in at the Post Office. We have no stoplights, no yellow lines and no cross walks. We have clean air and clear skies that seems to magnify every star. The only noise you may hear is a bawl of a cow, a flock of geese overhead or the cries of a coyote letting you know he s still around. Ranch life is a challenge with Mother Nature, one on one.