Julian N. Sebulsky
The colors and the sounds of the Eastern Montana Prairie are pure magic. The magnificent rainbows, a sea of flowers and sage brush, the music the wind makes, the incredibly bright stars brush the earth against the black sky… a place where you can run away from yourself because of its magic!
Cover and Spine
June -> December 1971
Buffalo that grazed on the south pasture of Ingomar in the 1990's when Jerry Brown owned the Jersey Lilly Bar and Cafe.
Page 1
Julius in front of my sheep wagon 1971
Julius wearing his Stetson adorned with a rattlesnake skin and eagle feather. I had to share the small prairie home with Julius.
Pages 2 and 3
Jersey Lilly at night and "The Old House."
Ingomar was a world upon itself. Some called it Hell... some called it Heaven... I had friends in both neighborhoods.
Pages 4 and 5
Devil's Dancing Ground and Cherry Springs
There would be weeks that would go by at Cherry Springs where Julius and I would not see another human being.
Pages 6 and 7
Corrals at Cherry Springs and Sheep
The Cherry Spring Corrals were the center of all activity on the Cherry Creek Sheep Company. Our outhouse had toilet paper!
Pages 8 and 9
Pictures of Julius and my pet rabbit, "Jack".
The North Pasture of the Cherry Creek Sheep Company had sheep, coyotes, eagles, jack rabbits, and Sage Hens.
Pages 10 and 11
Another Sage Hen Dinner and Wine
Julius supposedly planted gallon jugs of Choke Cherry Wine and Tipple all over the prairie in Rosebud and Garfield Counties.
Pages 12 and 13
Julius and I playing with Buck.
Buck was an antelope that thought he was a dog because he was raised with dogs at Fred Wiefrich's Judith Gap hideaway.
Pages 14 and 15
Log Lambing Shed at Cherry Springs
It took months to get to this point on the lambing shed. The amount of work was incredible. The worse part... no one cared!
Pages 16 and 17
Working on the log sheep shed.
Late October going into November 1971 and everyone was pushing to finish the log lambing shed before winter set in.
Pages 18 and 19
New wind break and working the sheep.
Carl Watson trailing his band of one thousand plus ewes back to his camp site. Carl was still spooked about what he heard.
Pages 20 and 21
Les White, Julius, and my hunting pictures.
I had five 35mm rolls of 36 slides developed in 2019. Only a few of the 180 pictures survived 30 years of storage.
Pages 22 and 23
The Special dot of light during a sunset.
UFO's and Moonshine.
Pages 24 and 25
Julius feeding a deer in Ingomar.
We had to shoot a lot of deer to survive. My Uncle Sivert never supplied us with food for our camp at Cherry Springs.
Pages 26 and 27
Aunt Janet's Fall Party and the last day.
I wish more pictures of our last day could have been developed. The sliding doors on the log lambing shed were beautiful.
Pages 28 and 29
Julius
I should have bought the #82 buffalo skull and some Indian bead work when I had the chance at Shep's Antiques in Harlowton.
Back Cover
Display at Shep’s Antiques - Harlowton MT