Pat Vaughn

I grew up in Garden City in town. I used to hang around the race barn at the fairgrounds when I was a kid. I also liked to go out to the roping club and untie calves. I was around Otis Jennings family a lot. Otis was always my idea of a cowboy. I got my first horse to run my bird dogs within the late 60's. Moved to North Platte Nebraska in 1970, went to work for the Nebraska Farmer and called on farmers every day. I probably got to meet every good horseman in Nebraska one time or another. All of them one time or another, all of them taught me something. I started trading a few horses, roping and doing day work. I moved back to Kansas in 1980, then was moved to Colorado with the same job. I lived in the San Luis valley for a few years. Got to know the Wiescamps. I started making a few bits in the early 80's when I was in Colorado. I came back to Kansas in about 1985, day worked, did some shoeing, and made lots of bits. In 1989 I went to the Texas panhandle and made bits full time. I got to be friends with the "best". Kept my horses at Reed Hill's for about 10 years until Reed and John R. Passed. Met a lot of great horsemen there. I was in Texas for 21 years. I moved back to Kansas in 2010, still making lots of bits and spurs. Guess it's just what I do.