Royal Ward Webb

Grandpa was a living legend, a person whose life seemed to leap from the pages of folklore and myths to serve as my flesh-and-blood hero. He worked hard his whole life, waking early to move irrigation pipes, to feed cattle and do innumerable chores required to run a ranch / farm. He tamed horses and soil to his will, and I never wanted to cross him because he seemed to harness the very powers of nature. He was so dependable that I never realized that grown men had a choice whether or not to...