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Archive Home > 2006 > July > 22 > Still in the saddle

Still in the saddle

At 84, longtime area resident Mahlon Couch tells stories from his days growing up on the Tumalo family ranch

By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
July 22, 2006

At an age when most cowboys have retired to the tack room, Mahlon Couch is still clippety clopping down the trail.

Just last week, Couch, 84, and his wife, Ruth, rode their horses around the circumference of Black Butte west of Sisters for the sheer joy of it. On other occasions, the indomitable....

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