Rex Trulove
This is looking east in Wood River Valley. The homestead that can be seen at the lower left has been there since I can remember. At one time, they had dairy cattle here and the farm is located on Crooked Creek, one of the tributaries of the Wood River. The milk from the cows would be poured into large milk cans that were then lowered through the floor of the barn into Crooked Creek. The creek is spring-fed and is always very cold, even in the heat of summer, so that would cool the milk down and keep it good until it could be used or sold.
The only problem is that although this valley is fantastic for raising beef cattle, it is lousy for dairy cattle. The milk has a weird taste because of the high-protein grass. The cows were exceptionally healthy, but the milk didn’t taste great. Still, it was milk and going to the nearest big town to get milk would be futile. It would have been curdled by the time you got home.
