Ill Gather My Geese

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Throwback Thursday: Hallie Stillwell – Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library

Hallie's father, considering this a dangerous place for a young woman of nineteen to live alone, told her he thought she was going on a wild goose chase. These traits stayed with Hallie all her life, and were indispensable in her role as a ranch wife. Raised as a "proper" Southern woman, Hallie was not prepared for the difficulties she faced when she moved to her new home, the Stillwell Ranch, in But she quickly became an invaluable part of the workings on the ranch.

She watched and learned from her husband, Roy Stillwell, and she adjusted to the new life-style that she grew to love. Her writing style is as comfortable as your favorite old pair of boots.

I'll Gather My Geese by Hallie Crawford Stillwell (1991, Hardcover)

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Hallie became a ranchwoman who was never afraid to get dirty, making sure the ranch had what it needed to survive. During the Depression, she would ride miles with the cattle every day during grazes, and find medicinal uses for local vegetation such as making a poultice out of prickly pear cactus leaves. She even rode across the border to retrieve a stolen stallion. Roy died in from a traffic accident.

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That same year Hallie made sure the ranch survived a crippling drought. To ensure this, she set up a candelilla wax plant on her ranch.


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Seeing that her son Guy could run the ranch, Hallie moved to Alpine in the s where she undertook a writing career as a columnist for the El Paso Times, covering news of Alpine and the surrounding area.