HIVO, world reknown....are we talking about the same guy here. :shock:
Old Callshot seems to be catching me, just hope he never passes me
I'm sure few of you have ever heard of Bancroft, Idaho, its a beautiful little town about 15 miles west of Soda Springs, thats where Callshot grew up. The population is about 150 people with a fair number of farmers living in the area, nice country if you like peace & quiet, thousands of acres of wheat fields, quite a lot of cattle & alfalfa, a couple of excellent lakes with great trout fishing & some pretty good hunting.
Old Callshot grew up hard & fast, he was driving a tractor before the 3rd grade & his family pretty much lived on deer meat & suckers, yes suckers. His dad would take a couple of old wash tubs & drive to Soda Springs to the sucker trap & catch hundreds of them, Steve's mom would can them & thats pretty much what he grew up eating until he left home. He always had to wear hand me down clothes from his older brother or cousin, usually bib overalls, same way with shoes. He said he was gone from the nest before he ever tasted beef! He had a bout with Polio went he was very young, got a hand tangled up in a lawn mower & lost part of one finger. I don't think he ever kissed a woman until he had came home from his church mission in Africa. He was always somewhat of a loner but was always true to himself, he never, ever compromised & I'll guarantee he's never told a lie in his life, thats just the way he is. He doesn't think thats odd, he thinks thats the way its suppose to be.
This little town is nestled in the mountains & the Fort Hall Indian reseveration is on the north border, its pretty remote country. Now, if any of you could think of a more unlikely place for a Hall of Fame baseball player to have lived this would probably have to be it.
Here's a Mormon community, surrounded by lots of other Mormon communities & right in the middle of them comes REGGIE JACKSONS family! Yup, the home run phenom actually lived in Bancroft for a time, his dad worked for one of the farmers in the area & the Jackson kids went to school with Callshot & all the other little country hillbillies! Reggie had a younger brother named Wayne & also a sister, can't remember what Steve said her name was. Steve said Wayne was his age & that the other boys were always egging Steve on to pick a fight with Wayne, I don't think Callshot was ever in a fight in his life.... maybe over a fork or something with one of his sisters.
He's had it pretty tough but never complains. He just takes what life dishes out & keeps his head up, happy Birthday ya old Fart! :wink: ya, I guess he is kind of famous.
Oh, I would have taken him for a huckleberry shake but he's out of town all day.
Dick
I WAS BORN TODAY. 
Today I am now 65 years old. A day that I thought would never arrive when I was working, raising children, not able to afford anything etc. Now I am too old to do anything, still trying to get the children on their own, and still can't afford much. The good thing is that I am still alive, well, and happy. 
