Ranch House

Many partners will recall the historical ranch tour of the FXR and neighboring ranches last summer. This was a very fun and educational event that the ranch opened its gates to invite our neighbors on an historical tour. Those in attendance were not the only ones who took notice of this annual event. The Wyoming State Historical Society Awards Committee has selected the Kiwanis Club of Wheatland along with the Platte County Historical Society as the recipients of the 2010 Activities/Education Award for their project called “Platte County Historic Ranch Tour”!

Most of us associate “lockjaw” and Tetanus shots with rusty nails and deep puncture wounds. However, the best place to come in contact with Clostridium tetani is in dust and animal waste. A wound the size of a pin prick is large enough for a tetanus spore to enter and incubate. A large puncture with a rusty piece of metal normally causes us to run to the doctor to renew our protection with a tetanus shot booster, but leaning on a shovel handle where animal feces had once been is just as likely a culprit for infection.

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