Cow Town, Coal Town & Boom Town - Gillette Wyoming

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @curtislongtin3577
    @curtislongtin3577 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks for sharing this. I was actually born in Gillette back in 1971.. my dad was in the oilfield... so brings back some memories.. thanks.

    • @joycewhite9281
      @joycewhite9281 9 месяцев назад +1

      I'm from Gillette too,I was just sent this link,I love looking back at old pictures

  • @Xehxna
    @Xehxna 6 лет назад +13

    Thank you, I love learning history. And I never knew what a boom town was till today so thank you for teaching me something new.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      Thank you for watching, its always interesting, or at least I try to make it that way :) - Mike

  • @kennethmaser1767
    @kennethmaser1767 4 года назад +7

    I rely enjoyed seeing and hearing the story of Gillette Wyoming. I live in New Jersey, where the light bulb was invented and it seems to me that wherever you go in our GREAT LAND there is history that needs to be told. Mike you just did a great job of that. Thanks

  • @mikehamilton3833
    @mikehamilton3833 6 лет назад +18

    Great history video, Mike. My family and I lived in Gillette 1969-70, oil boomers. I was 10th grade high school. My mother become lifelong friends with Louis and Helen McBeth. I am sure Gilbert knew them. We visited their ranch several times and are great memories for a out of place West Texas teenager. You and Erin's Our Wyoming Life series is my favorite RUclips series. Thank you for doing them. Want to return to Gillette and see it again. Maybe see y'all too. Take care. Mike H. In Gordon, texas.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад +8

      That is awesome, thank you for sharing. Louis was one of Gilberts closest friends and when he passed away it hit Gilbert pretty hard. - MIke

  • @goththicus
    @goththicus 4 года назад +3

    I’ve been to Gillette. Stayed overnight at a Super 8 motel. We visited the open pit, and was impressed on how large the machinery. Beautiful town, and friendly people.

  • @bernardflood8289
    @bernardflood8289 6 лет назад +17

    Greetings from Ireland. It's a very interesting history, thanks for sharing it with us.

  • @Chemivarian
    @Chemivarian 5 лет назад +2

    As someone who was born in Gillette in 83 and spent my early childhood there it is great to see someone paying tribute to it. I live on another continent now but still Wyoming is a part of me. The quality of the video is great and makes me miss home. Keep up the great work.

  • @madampolo
    @madampolo 6 лет назад +19

    I always wondered how your father-in-law got the ranch. I thought it was likely his family's ranch, but now know it was the sale of it that allowed him to buy the ranch. I think that ranch meant more to him because of it. Over in East Germany, my ancestors were forced to move with the whole town because it was on a coal seam.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад +4

      Oh wow, that had to be an undertaking. Thank you - Mike

  • @donaldsawyers6751
    @donaldsawyers6751 5 лет назад +1

    I came to Gillette in 1976 to work on the Wyodak power house. I was from the Ozarks of Arkansas. It took a couple of years to get used the wide open country. I really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.

  • @CowGirlKat8691
    @CowGirlKat8691 5 лет назад +3

    Makes me proud to call Gillette, Wyoming my home since 2005. < Grew up on a ranch in Idaho and know that our history is important and shows us where we've come from, and that roots matter.

    • @elvergontemeto714
      @elvergontemeto714 5 месяцев назад

      I'm jealous
      I want to live in Wyoming so bad
      I recently moved to texas for work but I'd love to live in Wyoming

  • @squirrelhillfarm9070
    @squirrelhillfarm9070 5 лет назад +4

    I love the North East part of Wyoming - always thought I would love working cow/calf operation there.

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 Год назад +1

    Love from Seattle ❤

  • @BlackSparrowRanch
    @BlackSparrowRanch 6 лет назад +38

    I'm really enjoying these history lessons. Please keep them going.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад +1

      I hope to be able to :) Thanks - Mike

    • @YoniNadi
      @YoniNadi 5 лет назад

      Our Wyoming Life . I use to live in Douglas from November of 1979 to August of 1980; I was a railroad labor for Burlington Northern.
      I left that August; and I would travel to Evanston for a few times ; I worked for a construction company for a short time, and then I would drift around traveling to other Wyoming cities including Douglas.
      Back, and forth between Evanston, and Douglas; I worked in Evanston for an owner of a Husky truck stop; and his employee’s hotel.
      The employees lived there because like all boom towns the rents were to expensive, and not to many housing was available.
      What’s it like now in Gillette?

  • @tonyburelle6633
    @tonyburelle6633 6 лет назад +6

    Fascinating, I love hearing the history of people and places, thank you so much

  • @MetaView7
    @MetaView7 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you for the story. You have made it not only educational, but entertaining to learn.

  • @loriehabel1552
    @loriehabel1552 6 лет назад +21

    Now that's doing your homework👍👍. Keep em coming😉. Have a great week🤗

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад +1

      haha, I have made some smart friends :) Thanks Lorie - Mike

  • @WPRJersey
    @WPRJersey 6 лет назад +2

    You have done your town a great amount of Justice. I'm so glad to have learned from that. Mike you and your family have been, and always will be a class act. God bless.

  • @montederrick6482
    @montederrick6482 6 лет назад +7

    I love when you do a video on the history of the ranch and surrounding area. Keep up with the great videos

  • @tbradsh1
    @tbradsh1 5 лет назад

    Your channel popped up a couple of weeks ago and I've watched many of your videos and really enjoy them. We lived in Gillette my sophomore year in high school (1977 & 78) and obviously went to Campbell County High. We moved there from Kansas and I really didn't want to go! Turned out that I really liked Gillette and made a lot of great friends. We moved back to Kansas and finished high school there but I went back to Gillette to attend their graduation in 1980 and that's the last time I've been there. I moved to Florida in 1984 and have lived here since. Watching your videos has been a highlight of my mornings for the past few weeks and thanks for bringing up so many memories of my time in Gillette!

  • @deecotton5435
    @deecotton5435 6 лет назад +3

    I had no idea the elevation was that high there. I love to never stop learning. Thanks for all y'all do helping keep food on our tables. God Bless and keep on Ranching!!

  • @donalddarling4125
    @donalddarling4125 3 года назад

    I lived in Gellette from 8-78 till 1-84. worked at Jacobs Ranch Kissig water and oil in Roset and Big horn construction. I had a house built at 5309 gun powder st in sleepy hollow . I just happened to find Our Wyoming life tonight 2-15-21. It brings back some really good memories.Thank you

  • @atr6930
    @atr6930 5 лет назад +1

    I'm a 3rd generation Gillette resident. Yes, I feel that connection to the land too, even at the mine where I work.

  • @Joesfosterdogs
    @Joesfosterdogs 4 года назад +1

    you got a pro announcer voice quality...you are very blessed to have a place called home. you friend are the forgotten America I once loved! if you are a representation of Gillette...then you are a proud town of blessed folks! what advice do you have for someone displaced...no home town anymore. It seems people are so isolated and to themselves home town is a forgotten concept...i am in a small mountain community and no different than the city...fear seems to control people...really has thrown me off because i am nearing retirement age...where?

  • @normangilden3453
    @normangilden3453 6 лет назад +4

    I always can’t wait to get up Sunday morning to see the history story of the day. Thank you.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад +2

      I cant wait to get to bed Sunday morning haha. Thanks Norman - Mike

  • @nikola23gr
    @nikola23gr 4 года назад

    As a truck driver I have been to Gillette I stopped at the Mc Donald’s and it leaved something special in me by talking to the people on the parking. I hope I can visited Gillette again.
    And this video is a nice story to know about Gillette.

  • @millywest7955
    @millywest7955 3 года назад

    The same here,Love History,
    Love watching your family

  • @CC-xk6cp
    @CC-xk6cp 6 лет назад +2

    Hi again! Enjoy these history vids so much Mike. I remember one of my trips through your area when suddenly new homes were popping up and the atmosphere in town was really busy. I was amazed how the landscape had dramatically changed and I pulled along the roadside once to watch the digging into the earth to find all the black stuff. Really something how the boom bust areas of the country seem to go through the same problems with progress only to find different problems in survival. Gillette survived through it all and is there to stay now which is good for you folks. Gilbert lived through all those wild times and hard off to him for making good decisions for the ranch he loved sooo much. I just love the old timers who are still around to tell those takes of history!! Thx so much for doing this series and sharing it Mike. There's a beautiful legacy there for you all right under foot! Lol! Til next time...

  • @steakandeggscynthiar.7714
    @steakandeggscynthiar.7714 6 лет назад +5

    Today there are so many people that do not know where they came from, and history of our roots is so interesting. Love the video Mike.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад +1

      I agree, thank you - Mike

    • @timothyball7502
      @timothyball7502 4 года назад

      Albuquerque, November 11, 1951. Yep I have no problem with where I am from. I even have information on my birth.
      But now Wyoming is home.

  • @leonorcummings6616
    @leonorcummings6616 3 года назад +1

    Watching videos about WY really draws me more to love the beautiful state and great history of the state. I care about watching the rockies, the great plains where the true cowboys, willd life, the meadows, prairies, amazing sceneries, oil rigs, coal mines are truely beautiful and plentiful. God bless America the beautiful

  • @petermavus4131
    @petermavus4131 6 лет назад +3

    History Professor Mike enjoyed your class....The Circle of Life in Gillette

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      I dont know about that professor thing :) I have good teachers - Mike

  • @brianhubbard6423
    @brianhubbard6423 6 лет назад

    History is the great teacher of humanity.
    God bless.

  • @alans.4167
    @alans.4167 6 лет назад +1

    Everyone I've ever met from there has been friendly to me. I live in Illinois and have family in Washington State. Normally I'll fly to visit but when I do drive I've always taken I-90 and end up stopping for a break in Gillette, it's my half way point for my road trips.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      I agree, every one is very friendly. Thanks - Mike

  • @hectormarcayda3518
    @hectormarcayda3518 4 года назад

    Sir. Thank you for the history and for a taste of the genuine flavor of the American West. Next year, my wife and I plan on permanently settling in Gillette, Wyoming.

  • @arvilpollard7026
    @arvilpollard7026 6 лет назад +1

    I really appreciate and enjoy the history segments you have been showing monthly, keep them coming.... Good stuff!!!!

  • @TomBiggerstaff-gn1ws
    @TomBiggerstaff-gn1ws 3 года назад

    Thanks for the video. Just found you channel. I went thru Gillette 8 or 9 years ago on a little motorcycle ride . I was born on a ranch at Miton Uath but live in east Tennessee for the last 30 years . I love the country side and the people there every one was so friendly and nice . It just seamed like a good place to be .

  • @lindamiller3144
    @lindamiller3144 6 лет назад

    Very well put together video of the history of Gillette. Early history of your area of the state is very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to put these history videos together.

  • @waynelewis6250
    @waynelewis6250 4 года назад +1

    Thank you Mike . Very well said

  • @46rambo49
    @46rambo49 6 лет назад +2

    kinda makes a big ole tear come to my eye seeing your history as it is very much like ours with the Piceance and Uintah basins in our area. Then comes Oil shale and all it's affects. We saw 60,000 leave in a little over a week on Black Friday. The creeks still run, the ranchers still work the land, though the Ski areas brought in Pot, Politicians, and all other forms of hate and discontent in my land of love and understanding.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      Wow, that is wild, thank you for sharing - Mike

    • @tetontom1
      @tetontom1 6 лет назад

      ..... you can't even begin to compare Roosevelt to Gillette..... then there's Rock Springs.

  • @thetraveler5798
    @thetraveler5798 6 лет назад +3

    So much history that a small place can have, thank you for the photos. Nice place Gillette Wyoming.! 🌟🌟👍🌟🌟

  • @dbirdeycapozzi9807
    @dbirdeycapozzi9807 4 года назад +2

    Fascinating stories, with a great poem at the end!
    Thanks Mike 🐂🐄🐃

  • @lostnation5348
    @lostnation5348 6 лет назад

    Thank You for sharing. We should never forget our roots.

  • @787Earl
    @787Earl 6 лет назад +4

    Thank you.Your videos are awesome. I enjoyed my visit to Gillette. I love Wyoming in the summer. I was born in Alberta but Texas is my home.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад +1

      Summer is a good time to be here :) Thanks Earl 0 Mike

  • @davidb.beasley7359
    @davidb.beasley7359 6 лет назад

    enjoying the history of the ranch and Gillette. Thanks.

  • @robertwomack9830
    @robertwomack9830 4 года назад

    I got to visit Gillette in 1999 for the Crime Stoppers International Conference. I loved it there.

  • @markgutekunstdc2516
    @markgutekunstdc2516 6 лет назад

    What a great story teller.

  • @carljorgensen2813
    @carljorgensen2813 6 лет назад +1

    A fantastic job. Thank you much for the gift it was very interesting. Your family and you have a great week and months to come.

  • @nigelabraham5790
    @nigelabraham5790 6 лет назад +1

    Hi Mike,
    Nigel Abraham, I love what you do showing your ranch. Keep doing these videos.

  • @lanceclark3021
    @lanceclark3021 6 лет назад +1

    God bless our Wyoming! Nice job on the lesson!

  • @williammccowen9894
    @williammccowen9894 6 лет назад

    Can’t believe I never tripped to fact you guys are right outside Gillette. I have worked up there 4 different times for the railroad

  • @deandanielson8074
    @deandanielson8074 5 лет назад

    Hi Mike, I remember coming through Gillette in 1959, before the later boom and before the Interstate Highway System. I purchased a used calculator (the electro-mechanical kind before "hand-helds" were invented) for $10.00 thinking I had a real deal. It was missing a power cord which I bought in Minneapolis on my return home. It turns out, it needed more than a new cord but a total rebuild. That came to $90.00 in "real money" when a buck in 1959 had real value. That event has stuck in my mind and caused me to long remember Gillette in my mind for the last 60 years!! Thanks, Mike for the history of Gillette and for your stories of both the ranch and the state of Wyoming. Dean from Minnesota

  • @LivingCoast2Coast
    @LivingCoast2Coast 2 года назад

    We lived in Gillette Wyoming for 3 years. My husband is from Wyoming. We are in Texas on a cattle ranch now. This make me miss Gillette.

  • @sandyoklahomatransient8557
    @sandyoklahomatransient8557 6 лет назад +1

    I love knowing the history of property you own, and the surrounding area. When things slow down here, I'll be investigating the history of our property. We have an old community town well on our property which eventually collapsed in the '20's and from what I understand oil and natural gas was found out here .

  • @theladyinblack3
    @theladyinblack3 6 лет назад +1

    I truly enjoyed learning about your home. Thanks for sharing with us !

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      You are very welcome, and thank you for watching - Mike

  • @jameschandler2776
    @jameschandler2776 Год назад

    I used to hunt 10 miles south of Gillette many years ago. I came out every year for about 10 years. It was always a great time and the ranch we hunted on treated us very well. We would usually stay a week at a motel on the west side of town, just north of I-90. We hunted on the Geis ranch. We were probably there from 1980-92.

  • @jeanettewaverly2590
    @jeanettewaverly2590 6 лет назад +3

    Great video! I'm loving your history series, Mike! Re: growing up country, my hairdresser was raised on a farm in North Dakota, where she attended a one-room school that boasted a student body of six, lol.

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      haha, I had 11 in my graduating class. Good times Thanks - MIke

  • @rrice1705
    @rrice1705 2 года назад

    Neat video, very well done! Never been to Gillette but I feel like I've got a good sense of the town's history.

  • @ericchandler90
    @ericchandler90 6 лет назад +4

    Love the history lessons. Keep em comin.

  • @marthamryglod6892
    @marthamryglod6892 6 лет назад +1

    I love your history lessons! America the beautiful! I'll be praying for your safety through the upcoming deep freeze.

  • @Mario_Gillette
    @Mario_Gillette 6 лет назад

    For all the good and bad, one thing is certain. Gillette is the coolest name for a town!
    Thanks for another great video, Mike!

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад +1

      haha, of course you would say that :) Thanks Mario - Mike

  • @erwinruiz5717
    @erwinruiz5717 4 года назад

    Great history Gillette have,keep up the good work man,may God Almighty bless you and your family always.

  • @denisedenomme361
    @denisedenomme361 Год назад

    Love the history of the town of Gillette.🇨🇦.

  • @brandeissports3436
    @brandeissports3436 4 года назад +1

    Very nice history lesson. Thank you.

  • @ericsnow71
    @ericsnow71 4 года назад

    impressed with you historical research, great video!

  • @larryceaser1706
    @larryceaser1706 6 лет назад +3

    Great Video Interesting to hear the history of your community Would love to hear more All the best

  • @jerryforeman4543
    @jerryforeman4543 3 года назад

    Nice job! Luv the poem at the end of the vid! Thanks for sharing!

  • @williamdiemert9866
    @williamdiemert9866 4 года назад +2

    I was born in Gillette,Wyoming and now live in Gering,Nebraska.

    • @timothyball7502
      @timothyball7502 4 года назад

      Aksarben Omaha business men set up that name.

  • @rickcampbell4920
    @rickcampbell4920 6 лет назад +1

    I too love your history videos Mike, thank you!

  • @kentonlord5986
    @kentonlord5986 6 лет назад +1

    I really enjoy the history videos. You have great insight into your world.

  • @wrodney5
    @wrodney5 6 лет назад +1

    Great story. Thanks for sharing.

  • @byff2323
    @byff2323 3 года назад

    I fondly remember driving from the Black Hills and going to see my cousins in Gillette. They would eventually move to Montana, and then I learned that due the methane in this video, their former subdivision had to be evacuated (Rawhide Village). Lots of great memories running around there. Shame that all those families lost their homes.

  • @rosemarymurphy5767
    @rosemarymurphy5767 2 года назад

    Love hearing more about history keep up the great job

  • @auroranite
    @auroranite 5 лет назад +1

    Great history lesson. No idea you are coal country and more. Enjoyed this segment. Thank you

  • @avatarjo1
    @avatarjo1 6 лет назад +2

    One word Excellent !

  • @billconch3514
    @billconch3514 4 года назад

    Another great video. Thank you, Mike!

  • @zachredner8
    @zachredner8 4 года назад +1

    Cool video!
    My cousin lives about 4.5 hours west of y'all, in Cody WY, and owns a small Auto Mechanic Shop that he started about 10 years ago. He started with just himself doing all of the work. Now he has 3 guys working for him. And he has expanded in the last 2 years into a used car dealership also.
    I talk to him 4 or 5 times a week, and he tells me how he's freezing "his old ass off," and I tell him "that's why my old ass lives in NC." LOL

  • @haroldemery7436
    @haroldemery7436 6 лет назад

    These history stories are pretty cool good job telling them

  • @dwohio6398
    @dwohio6398 6 лет назад +1

    Great job. Fine poem, too.

  • @glennthompson7525
    @glennthompson7525 6 лет назад +1

    GREAT video. Good research and well presented. Definitely learned something today and will further enjoy seeing things your perspective and your (now) hometown.

  • @Johnny53kgb-nsa
    @Johnny53kgb-nsa 6 лет назад +1

    Mike, I enjoy the historical videos you do, very interesting. I didn't know that coal was so large in Wyoming. Thanks for posting, John

  • @rebeccawhite1338
    @rebeccawhite1338 2 года назад

    This was very interesting I lived my childhood in Gillette went to rawhide elementary and twin spruce ( and some others) part of the family still lives there.

  • @ravenw.navarre9718
    @ravenw.navarre9718 2 года назад

    Hey Mike... I would like to thank you for the introduction of Gillette. My family and I will be leaving my home state of California to come to Gillette as our forever home. Personally I am afraid of the weather, but I did live in Michigan for a time, as well as Oregon so I know I will be fine, it's still a little scary. I have also lived in Woodward, Oklahoma in the 80's when it erupted from the oil industry. So it was fascinating to learn about the coal boom, However, your video is a great source for the history of Gillette. You know I had to subscribe and like. Thank you for sharing your experience. I feel like I'm being welcomed. Maybe we might see each other around town. Off to find more videos!! Thnx again!!

  • @garysmith789
    @garysmith789 2 года назад

    I spent a summer in Gillette in 1976. They had trailer houses parked in borrow ditches. I worked all over Wyoming from 1975 to 1983. When I left in 1973 I left running. When I came back in 1998 I wondered why. When I left in 2000 I left with tears in my mind. Great place, miss it to this very day.

  • @nmelkhunter1
    @nmelkhunter1 6 лет назад

    Very well done. I love to learn as much as I can about places I’ve visited or would like to visit. When I get the opportunity to visit Gillette, I’ll have a much better appreciation for the town and its people. Thank you!

  • @BillTheTractorMan
    @BillTheTractorMan 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for sharing Mike. I have always had interest in moving west, Gillette looks like a wonderful place.

  • @changingwindsfarm2087
    @changingwindsfarm2087 6 лет назад +2

    Love all of your videos! Can't wait to see more.

  • @jodysappington7008
    @jodysappington7008 6 лет назад +1

    i have a sister in Douglass---nieace in Craig another in Rock Springs and a newphew in Sheridan...they love Wyoming...interesting story...thank you

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      You are very welcome, thank you Jody - Mike

  • @jessehernandez8805
    @jessehernandez8805 Год назад

    Your a natural Mike I would watch a story time if you told it. Reminded me of watching Mutual of Omaha back in the 70s. Well written.

  • @SigururEyorsson
    @SigururEyorsson 6 лет назад

    Thank you for your your great videos. I really enjoy them. Best wishes from Iceland.

  • @gentlegracexo
    @gentlegracexo 3 года назад +1

    Just bought a house there, sight unseen. Moving there from SC. Never been, dont know anyone there…Love ❤️ this video! Fav and subbed! (Not gonna lie though..I’d listen to this gentleman read a phone book. Truth. 😉🙃

  • @karljacobson1575
    @karljacobson1575 6 лет назад +1

    That's very interesting, great to know your regions history. Thanks for sharing Mike!!

  • @JohnDoe-jq5wy
    @JohnDoe-jq5wy 6 лет назад +1

    THANK YOU FOR GREAT PRESENTATION

  • @kaycox5555
    @kaycox5555 6 лет назад +1

    Love your history videos!! Thank you...

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      You are very welcome, thanks for watching - Mike

  • @ryaninnes9920
    @ryaninnes9920 2 года назад

    My uncle runs my family’s ranch that is about 35 miles from Gillette. The ranch started out as my great grandparents ranch, then my grandparents ranch, now my uncle’s. You might have heard of it, the Innes Ranch.

  • @user-ru9gf7ky2y
    @user-ru9gf7ky2y 5 лет назад

    my hometown! proud of it

  • @bigcliffadventures
    @bigcliffadventures 6 лет назад +1

    Great job on the video today I leaned also so that's great .
    Thanks Mike

    • @OurWyomingLife
      @OurWyomingLife  6 лет назад

      Thank you Cliff. Hope you are doing ok. -Mike

  • @smoke09able
    @smoke09able 6 лет назад +1

    Another great history lesson. Enjoyed it!

  • @veemcg3682
    @veemcg3682 3 года назад

    Good story. Thank you.

  • @robertdickinson6603
    @robertdickinson6603 6 лет назад

    Brilliant and interesting video thankyou Mike and Erin

  • @fire48pw
    @fire48pw 6 лет назад +2

    Hey Mike this is a great history story. Thanks

  • @davideastman7083
    @davideastman7083 6 лет назад

    I really enjoy them history lessons, by the way that coal mining place you guys have north of Gillette we get coal from that mining company for the power plant out here in southwest Kansas called Sunflower Electric, comes from up there.