Here is all the video I have of the recent Cibola excursion. It is listed numerically, 1 thru 12, beginning with the preview of coming attractions during Cameron's ordination and culminating with what must have been perceived as an INS raid by the family currently living in our old house on South Fifth Street.
If you experience a lack of audio with these clips, leave the web site, go to another and then return, the audio will resume. Don't ask me why or how, but it works.
Cibola 1
Monday, May 26, 2008
Cibola 12
You can go to Lance's blog where he has Howard's life history, including the story of the crash in his own words. Click Here.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Surviving Cibola This Week and 45 Years Ago
For those who made the trip to Cibola this week, I thought these 2 videos below might give you a little perspective on what you saw. Most of the footage was shot 40-45 years ago.
You should recognize several spots, including the corrals, the canal and Cliff's first horse.
You saw the Bishop's home, now you actually get to see Bob and Zeta. Also included in the first video are the hired hands that helped Howard work the place. Milan and Wilfredo are shown in the trailer which used to be next to the ramada. Wilfredo was Milan's son. The trailer was later moved to the site next to the corrals. It was still there. When you saw it, it was completely flattened and just across the road from the well with the hand pump on it.
In the last part of the first video you see Jose Galacias. He was another worker, who, when the ranch went south, went east to Chicago with his family. All of these men were from San Luis, just across the border from Yuma. Even after the farm folded, they kept in touch with Howard. He not only was their employer, he was their friend and always tried to help them anyway he could.
Jeff was telling you how we used to have a camp on the river, just a short distance from the crash site. Check out video #2. The only video I had is of Uncle Floyd and his family on the river. It will give you an idea of what Jeff was talking about. There is also a river scene at the beginning of the video which is shot at 26th Avenue, which is just a couple of miles from where we had lunch at the Busbys. It includes Grandma Rose and a couple of Frankie Avalon wannabes. We didn't get to see it on the latest excursion.
About a year ago, Candy and I had all of the Howard and Ethel 8mm home movies from the Cibola and Blythe days transferred to mini dv tape. I then digitized them and have them on my hard drive. There is probably an hour and half of video.
I am going to put them on a dvd and if anyone wants a copy, let me know.
I didn't think I was much of a nostalgia guy or into family history until it hit me in the face this week. Thanks, Jeff, for organizing the trip and throwing a punch that was personally very poignant.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Scientific Evidence
After a forty-year scientific study, it has been proven that living in Blythe, California can cause serious biological defects and mutations. Check out the following before-and-after photos for proof.
Friday, April 25, 2008
More Cibola Pictures
Marvin and Howard at the pump
A full pump stream
View of pump from ramada
A lunch break under the ramada
The Colorado River, the source of water
The ditch and ramada
Service Not Seen
The three Arnett Brothers resting before having lunch served to them. Marvin on the left, Fred in the middle and Howard at the right. You can't see me because I was just outside of the picture peeling potatoes and getting the steaks ready to cook. I also had made a very nice green salad with boiled eggs. The eggs were donated by Zeta Bishop. They say the best service is silent service. That is why I don't talk much about my Cibola experiences.
Cliff Leaning Against Truck
I think it is Cliff leaning against the pickup. I had just finished loading the big tires on the truck by myself and was loading the other truck barely seen in the photo. If it was hard work, I was there. Did I mention that I was Cibola. No truck leaning for me. If I saw a job that needed to be done, I did it. If I saw a photo that needed uploaded, I did it. If I saw a guitar that needed burning, I left that job to the apprentice hippies, not shown in this post.
I Am Cibola
It's not a burning guitar, but it is the old Cibola Ferry. There was never any rush hour traffic. It took about 15-20 minutes each way to cross the Colorado.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
I Am No Longer A Candidate For President of the USA
This is my public statement of intent to drop my candidacy for President of the United States. Because no presidential candidate since Teddy Roosevelt has run for the nation's highest office and sported a mustache at the same time, with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton, this photo symbolized my decision to drop out of the race. I will now devote most of my time to staightening and smoothing the kinks in said mustache.
A pal always,
HB