The lady in the middle in the front is Dad's Great Grandma Lemmon. The one directly behind her is his 'Grammie' Allred. He doesn't remember the other family members names but he says the other sisters married names were Durfee, Emmett, Faris, and Workman -- that apparently covers most of the families in the area. Of course, as he also said when you're related to the Allreds and the Asays that covers relationships with almost everyone in Lovell and possibly the whole Big Horn County.
Case in point for relationships: the current sheriff of Big Horn County is Ken Blackburn and the maiden name of the mother in first Blackburn family in the area was Asay.
Here's a little history of the area [info borrowed from other internet sites]:
Lovell was named after Henry Lovell, rancher.
Major ancestry groups reported by Lovell residents include:
English - 24% German - 23% Mexican - 8% Irish - 7% Scottish - 4%Danish - 4% Norwegian - 4% Swedish - 3% Dutch - 2% French - 2%· Welsh - 2% American Indian tribes, specified - 1% Russian - 1% Scotch-Irish - 1% Polish - 1% European - 1% Arab - 1% Other Hispanic or Latino - 1% Italian - 1% Lebanese - 1% Swiss - 1% All other tribes - 1%
Bighorn County, Wyoming, is located in the northern part of Wyoming's bighorn basin. Bighorn County was created from parcels taken from Johnson, Fremont, and Sheridan counties, and was organized in 1897.
The principle industries in Bighorn County are bentonite mining, farming, sugar beat & bean processing, and tourism. The county offers many attractions, including the Bighorn National Forest & Antelope Butte Ski Area, Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Refuge, Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site, Greybull Museum & dinosaur tracksite, Bighorn Reservoir Recreation Area, Shell Falls, Paintrock, and Medicine Wheel.
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