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Lifelong home for Jim Steele

Jim Steele
RANGELY I Few people can claim they still live in the same place they were born, particularly after 78 years. Jim Steele lives on Foundation Creek, up Douglas Creek, where his parents homesteaded 90 years ago.
Jim was born in 1934 on the family homestead ranch. He had six sisters and one brother. His parents, Milton and Doris Steele, came from Wyoming via wagon in the early 1920s seeking a better life. Times…