Rex was the third and last dog we had at Hundred Springs. His predecessors were Skippy and Kimmie. Skippy was Mom’s dog through and through. He pretty much tolerated the rest of us. Kimmie wasn’t with us long and I have few concrete recollections about her.
Rex on the other hand had a great and distinctive personality. He and I had a great bond because I was the one who would take him on walks up and down the hills and creeks that made up the watershed of Hundred Springs.
As a retriever, he loved to find and bring me things. He would come running out of the bushes with something clenched in his teeth. It might be a big Black Snake or a random Box Turtle that he had found. In that case, he would throw the turtle up into the air and then wait over it until the turtle felt that everything was safe and tentatively came out of his shell. Then Rex would pick him up and throw him again and repeat the procedure. I was always grateful that he never came out with a rattlesnake or copperhead.
I swear that Rex also had a sense of humor. My Mom was a kind soul. It is said that hoboes traveling the roads would mark a place to let other hoboes know that they were likely to get a handout there. They must have left a mark for our place, because we had people stopping by regularly. Down the road near the railroad bridge in Ironsville, two near destitute brothers lived: Toots and Butts. Toots used to do odd jobs for my mom. He was absolutely terrified of Rex. Rex who never growled at anyone in anger sensed this and whenever he saw Toots, he would run up to him and bark a few times. After properly terrorizing Toots, he would look back at me and I could tell that he was laughing his ass off.
Like Skippy and Kimmie, Rex was hit by a car on the highway. We all felt the loss very deeply.
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-Cascade Bill Mooseker
Date(s): 1954-1958. Album by Cascade Bill. 1 - 19 of 19 Total. 339 Visits.
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enlarge 93KB, 1024x673 2 Rex 1954-1955-001 Rex as a puppy
enlarge 125KB, 1024x682 3 Rex 1954-1955-002 Isn't he cute!
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Looking back now, I feel bad that Rex had to stay in this doghouse rain or shine, summer heat or winter cold. He always seemed happy though.
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Rex hoping that I was going to take him on a walk. We spent a lot of time together roaming the backwoods of Hundred Springs.
enlarge 184KB, 1022x1024 6 1954-bill.002 Out for a winter walk - this was the upper "road" above the Hundred Springs Dam
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Running down the path. This is down the hill from the previous photo. This was a great sled riding path although it was a little dangerous. One year it was very icy and I came down and flew off the trail and hit a tree broadside. Mike Snyder found me laying down by the dam. I spent a couple of days in the hospital.
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Elaine (just visible), Dorsey, Rex and Lorraine. Looks like Elaine is building a Tinkertoy model.
enlarge 163KB, 1024x968 9 Rex 1955-003 Rex in his pen. The pen was cobbled together from an old chicken pen.
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Rex loved the water (as all retrievers do). This was at the inlet to the Hundred Springs dam.
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This must be a remnant of the old Hundred Springs Park - a flat terrace/road with a curved concrete wall. The odd thing is that it is in the middle of nowhere and not close to the other structures of the park nor does it seem to connect to anything at either end.
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Getting Rex to Speak with Mark looking on. Our old Philco TV in the background.
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enlarge 138KB, 967x1024 14 Rex 1956-006 He was always happy to see me
enlarge 195KB, 1024x759 15 Rex 1957-008 Rex in his pen
enlarge 157KB, 992x1024 16 1957-bill.004 Come on, Bill - Let me out!
enlarge 136KB, 1024x1017 17 Rex 1957-004 He is so excited
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enlarge 157KB, 1024x688 19 Rex 1958-010 Celebrating Christmas
