Venneford

Trapped inside the Venneford "castle" during the great blizzard.....

LYNN REDGRAVE IN "CENTENNIAL": AN ALBUM OF REMEMBRANCE Toby O'B 2010

Jim takes Charlotte on a tour to reacquaint her with the Venneford.

LYNN REDGRAVE IN "CENTENNIAL": AN ALBUM OF REMEMBRANCE Toby O'B 2010

In her final years, Charlotte renews her purpose with the Venneford by imparting all she knows about the husbandry and protection of the land to her grandson, Paul Garrett.

LYNN REDGRAVE IN "CENTENNIAL": AN ALBUM OF REMEMBRANCE Toby O'B 2010

So she hurried up the cook and they sat in a kind of regal splendor in the round dining room, and she asked him how the sales were going, and then they got into differential freight rates and the possibility that if a sugar-beet factory ever started in the area, the beet tops might be utilized as feed for the Venneford cattle.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

Every messenger we have sent from Bristol to Venneford has returned with gallant tales of how exciting the life is on the range, and what a great bull Emperor IX is, and we have concluded that this immense industry is run for the pleasure of cowboys and bulls, and to the disregard of investors.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

We took the camera crew to the Venneford trailers, where Garrett's horses were being unloaded: a gray stallion with black spots like a leopard, three fawn-colored mares with blankets of stars over their hips; a big male with reddish circles covering his hindquarters; and two delicate mares of such beautiful black-and-white configuration that watchers applauded as they came gingerly down the ramp.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

On the short drive home to Venneford, Garrett studied the great rolling fields sown in winter wheat.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

By purchasing only the odd-numbered sections, 192,000 acres in all, the Venneford people would acquire physical control of the even-numbered too, or nearly four hundred thousand secure acres.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

But most of us think that the best bull of all was Confidence, the one you Venneford people found in England.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

"That's where the Venneford lands began, " he said.

Centennial Michener, James 1974