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Rufley's camp
I believe that it was in the early eighteen nineties when a man named Rufley camped in the right hand fork of Camp Creek. There is a gulch or swale that comes into the main fork that is called Rufley's Hollow and the old camp site there is known as Rufley's Camp. In about 1921 the cattlemen built a log corral there but the place is still known as Rufley's Camp. Rufley made pickets there that he sold to William A. Wright.
There are still some pretty big rattlesnakes in that area. They are the dark kind and are usually on the fight. People who are afraid of rattlesnakes would do well to stay away from that area. Back in the nineteen twenties I accounted for a few big ones with my old peace-maker. One of my reasons was to reduce the rattlesnake population and, too, I just like the smell of that black powder smoke.

Location
MS178, no. 607
Source

George Wright descriptions

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