Bar H Bar

From Spearfish Lake Tales Wiki

Bar H Bar is the Hoffman family ranch, a small cattle ranch about fifty miles from Ely, Nevada. It was originally owned by Shirley Hoffman's father and came to her and her husband Carl by 1947. They raised their three children on the ranch, despite tough times that required her to work part-time in Nevada's illegal-at-the-time brothels.

Shirley's husband Carl died in 1970 and her youngest son, Dave, was killed in Vietnam about the same time. That is when she switched from full-time rancher's wife and part-time prostitute towards more full-time work at Bettye's Ranch. Her son Duane and his family took over the ranch, although it continued to be the center of the family's get togethers, such as holidays.

The Bar H Bar is the scene of Will Hoffman's rescue by Jennlynn Swift after a snakebite when she flew him in Magic Carpet to Ely.