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Lucky Hit Ranch in June 2001

Erick's Early Years in Southeastern Colorado Born December, 1948
1915-1916: Erick's Grandfather, Jessie Frank Conard, harvesting wheat. Jessie Frank Conard was born in 1892.
Erick Conard, September, 1950 One year ten months	Until he was seven, Erick lived on his family's three section ranch 35 miles south of Holly (a town with ~2,500 population) in southeastern Colorado near an intersection designated Lycan, Colorado, on the map. The nearby ranching families called this intersection Buckeye since Buckeye General Store was at the intersection. The General Store got its name because the building was moved from Buckeye, Illinois. Erick's Grandmother, Frank's mother, once owned and operated this General Store and Post Office (you can see pictures of this store and "Mom" taken about 1940 at "Iva Hazel Henry Conard's page," Erick's Grandmother ). She moved to Wyoming around the time Erick was born. The only other building at this intersection was Buckeye School, a one room schoolhouse with out houses for rest rooms. Erick attended the first grade there with 19 other students from the first through the eighth grades.	Erick in Colorado in 1952 when three.
First Grader Erick Conard (first row, middle) and Second Grader Frank Conard II (second row, second from left) at Buckeye School in 1955. Buckeye school was a one room school house in Lycan, Colorado with one teacher and students from the first through the eighth grades and two outhouses. 1st ROW: Donnie Knott, Blaine Bender, Erick "Ricky" Conard, Ronnie Knott, and Jimmy Spencer. 2nd ROW: Harry Spencer, Frank "Frankie" Conard II, Cathy Whisnant, Harry Meek, Kelly Bender, Vonda Manning, Sherry Foster, and Dean Spencer. 3rd ROW: Larry Meek, Don Payne, Bessie Baker, Billie Jo Manning, Billie Carl Baker, Jimmy Meek, Robert Spencer, and Mrs. Jesse Layton First Grader Erick Conard (first row, middle) and Second Grader Frank Conard II (second row, second from left) at Buckeye School in 1955. Buckeye school was a one room school house in Lycan, Colorado with one teacher and students from the first through the eighth grades and two outhouses.
The ranch at Buckeye was a traditional dryland farming/ranching operation; in addition to dryland farming (mostly wheat) we raised Herford cattle, Quarter horses, pigs, and chickens. We also had a large and productive garden.	Erick Conard, Colorado, 1954 Five years old.	"Santa" brought Erick his first horse, a Silver Dappled shetland pony mare, when Erick was four. When he was six, he began calling a special sorrel Quarter mare, Miss Glory, "his" mare.
Erick's Parents
		This picture was taken in 1928, probably in far Western Kansas near the Colorado border. Riding the cow are Erick's father, Frank W A Conard, in back and Frank's cousin, Gerald McKerman, in front. Frank Conard was born May 27, 1920, at his parents home in the country about seven miles from town in Western Kansas not far from the Colorado border.
Use this link for Billie Faye Waller Conard Pictures	At left is Erick's father, Frank Conard, with Erick's mother, Billie Faye Waller Conard, not long after they moved to the ranch in Southeastern Colorado in 1947. On the right is a picture of Erick (right), his older brother Frankie (left), and their Dad, Frank Conard in their yard at the ranch on April 17, 1951. CLICK HERE to Link to the LIFE STORY of Frank and Billie Faye This is a picture of Billie Faye Waller Conard in September, 1930, when she was four years, 10 months old.	Use this link for Frank W A Conard Pictures

College at Hardin Simmons, Abilene, Texas

Erick during his college years (1967-1971) Erick attended college at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene and graduated in 1971. When he graduated he had $200.00 in cash. His dad bought him $40.00 worth of can goods and he packed his car and drove off in search of a job. He stopped in Austin, Texas, where he had friends attending the University of Texas. After spending the week with his friends, he realized he really liked Austin and decided to stay.

Austin, Texas

Kane Erick with his Doberman, Kane In Corpus Christi, Texas, May, 1977 Winning 1st Open Dog, 1st Working Group, and 2nd Highest Scoring Dog in Show. This show had ~ 500 obedience entries. "Kane was an amazing dog - beautiful, intelligent, and loving." Erick secured a job as a Virologist with the Texas Department of Health. His area of expertise was rabies diagnostics. After approximately 12 years in the laboratory, he changed careers and became a health physicist (which is involved with the health and safety aspects of radiation), still working for the State of Texas. Erick vacationing in Cancun, Mexico, October 1989 when he was 41 years old.

Elgin House in Elgin, Texas

In 1984 Erick begin working on design ideas for a custom house. In 1987, he built the house eight miles north of Elgin at Conard Farms. To see pictures of both the outside and inside of the house, click on the below picture of Erick's completed house. Click to link to Erick Conard's Elgin Custom Home Page

Discovery of Anatolian Shepherds

Erick moved his animals, which included Barbadoe sheep and Nubian goats, to Conard farms in 1985. For the first few months all was well - then the killing began! Almost every other day Erick found a sheep had been killed by coyotes. He stayed home from work to shoot the coyotes responsible for his ongoing losses, but these coyotes were especially cleaver and he rarely ever saw one and never hit one. Finally, with pastures full of lush spring grass, he locked all his goats and sheep in the barn to save them. During this stessful time Erick was reading a goat magazine which had an article about a "new" kind of dog - a working guardian dog from Turkey - the Anatolian Shepherd Guardian dog. The article said Anatolians would bond to sheep and goats, live with them, and protect them from predators. Erick set down the magazine, picked up the phone, and called Marilyn Harned, an officer in the Anatolian Shepherd Club of America. She was friendly and informative and Erick asked her where he could obtain the best serious working Anatolian pup. Marilyn suggested several people, including Jean Ebeling of Marble Falls, Texas. Jean raised strictly working Anatolian Shepherds on her large ranch for the protection of her huge Angora herd. Amazingly, Jean had a litter of seven week old pups at the ranch but only one pup, a male, was still available. Erick purchased the pup over the phone, sight unseen, drove to Jean's ranch, and picked up his first Anatolian, which he named Ebeling's Kasif (Casy), who was resting among a small group of Angora the first time Erick ever saw him. Erick has owned and loved Anatolian Shepherds ever since!

Erick in 1993 at Conard Farms in Elgin Texas.

Purchase of Lucky Hit Ranch

After selling Conard Farms near Elgin in 1997, Erick purchased Lucky Hit Ranch. A few year later, on February 29, 2000, Erick retired from state work and began working on his ranch full time.

Franklin (Frank) William Abner Conard * 1920 May 27 Manter, Kansas † 2002 October 15	Jessie Frank Conard * November 1892 Missouri † January 1961 Iva Hazel (Mom) Henry Conard Delaney Doyle (Robinson) * †	Abner Ethelbert Conard * 1851 Loudon Co., Virginia † Mary Conard * 1857 Missouri † * † * †	Abner Alexander Conard, Born: 2 Dec 1821 at: Louden Co, VA Married: 3 Mar 1846 at: Louden Co, VA Died: 5 Oct 1898 at: Bates, MO * December 2, 1821 - † October 5, 1898 Father John Conard III Born January 11, 1797, Loudoun Co, Virginia Marriage abt 1820 Died May 5, 1854 (John's parents- John Conard II and Barbara Ann Smith) Mother Mary Margaret Christina Everhart (1800-1868)Birth 11 Dec 1800, LOVETTSVILLE, LOUDOUN CO., VA Death 9 Apr 1868, LOVETTSVILLE, LOUDOUN CO., VA Burial KEHOBOTH METHODIST CEMETERY, LOVETTSVILLE, VA Mary's Father PHILIP EVERHART (1770-1849) Mary's Mother SCHARLOTTE AXLINE (1776-1827) Ann Susanna Neer - a daughter of Jesse and Matilda (DeKalb) Neer. The Neers were farmers and slaveholders of Loudon County, Virginia, the father being of English and the mother of German blood. * Born 1825 - † Died at Ness City in 1912, at the age of eighty-seven (87) years Another reference said Ann Susanna Neer was Born: 18 Feb 1828 at: Louden Co, VA Died: 11 Dec 1913 at: Bates, MO Ann's Father:Jessie Neer Ann's Mother:Matilda D Kalb * - † * - † * - † * - † * - † * - †
Billie Faye Waller Conard * 1925 November 25 †	William Harlan Waller * 1903 ? December 26 † 1965 May ? Beulah Faye Beavers Waller Daniel * 1906 August 31 † 2000 August 21	C C (Clarence Cowper) Waller * † Buried in Grand Prairie, TX Ann Eliza (Annie) Gibson Waller * † Buried in Grand Prairie, TX George Beavers * † 1942 Buried in Hamlin, TX Stella White Beavers * † Buried in Hamlin, TX	* - † * - † * - † * - † * - † * - † * - † * - †

I rarely add to this page ..... Maybe I'll write a book and you can purchase the entire story! I promise you my life story is quite interesting! :)

Some of the People Who Made a Mark On My Life
Ron Arroyo (Ronald Xavier Arroyo) in 1991 at Conard Farms	Alvin Hall (Alvin Edward Hall) in 1994 at Conard Farms
Craig in July, 2001, at Lucky Hit Ranch	Claire in 2000 at Lucky Hit Ranch

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