My Great Grandfather...
Nels August Jensen, born in Denmark, went west... way west as boy to eventually own The Circle Star. The ranch was located east of Farmingdale, SD on Rapid Creek near where it ran into the Cheyenne River.
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His daughter, Vivian, wrote of N.A.... "He wore Justin Boots (black with little white insets) and a big Stetson hat with a beaded band. In the springtime he stuck a flower sprig in the band. In town, he would walk into anyone’s yard and help himself to a flower for his hat. If the lady of the house appeared, he assumed his jaunty smile and said, “I knew you wouldn’t mind if I took a flower for my hat.” Strangely enough, they never did."
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You know what is really fun... My Dad, Tige, N.A. Jensen's grandson, would often go by Robin's roses in the summer. With a wry smile as he was picking a rose, he would say, "Mind if I borrow a rose?"