Belle Starr's Silverado
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Legendary Belle Starr of the 21st Century
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A 1927 model: KY transplant ancestor of the 1800's Belle Starr, (notorious bandit queen), is living in a 1928 edition adobe that used to be the only gasoline station on the Old Butterfield stage coach line between Benson and Douglas, AZ on the now State Route 80 -- on forty acres of the historical 40,000 acre Box Hook ranch with the original 1800's ranch house still standing.
In the thirties, the forty acre ranch had a thriving peach orchard. In the forties, a mexican lion hunter purchased the ranch and had two mexican wolves on the property. The ranch was later sold to a border patrol agent, living there until 1991.
When Belle, on an adventurous trip to the west----passed by the "for sale" sign----fell in love with the quaint adobe and the magnificient views of the mountains that surrounded it--purchased the ranch and moved her many years of collections and animals to Douglas, Arizona and wouldn't you know, she drives a 1929 replica Mercedes Gazelle on an '87 Mustang chassis with a 302 engine and -- her mothers .22 revolver is near at hand when she rides the back forty.
Raising Arab-Appaloosa's, mini donkeys, and numerous birds and fowl. Lobo, her beloved grey wolf guardian, along with Crissy, the dalmation/lab and tiny Martina, the trickster chihuahua are always at her side, and Shadow, the black shaggy dog.
Belle has built a replica of the 1800's Belle Starr cabin and furnished as Belle had hers. Also on the property is the original bunk house--the water storage tank and the three wells that were drilled by the Mexican rancher and lion hunter.
Born with cerebral palsy - now challanged with multiple scelerosis, Belle keeps active----feeding her 38 horse herd----some 75 birds--not forgetting some 50 to 75 Gambel quail and deer that wander in for salt and water; caring for her many flower gardens, with the help of her John Deere 'Gator and her ranch hand.
Her Cherokee-Iriquois-Pocono Indian heritage keeps her near the laws of nature and believes that she must help preserve history, animals and nature as she has dedicated her entire life to that cause. "I accredit my life to my Pocono mother for strength and endurance, my Cherokee father for gentleness and my Iriquois grandmother through her Indian medicine to sustain my physical condition as a baby."
My lifestyle is a simple one--living close to nature--eating natural foods, taking no medicine and drawing on the great father for wisdom and other resources. I have learned that "it is not what you have-but what you do with what you have". The only death we die is the death we die every day by not living. Now in the autumn years of her life Belle is holding steadfast that "you are your dreams".
People and pets with physical challanges are a priority at her ranch--adding joy and laughter and a sense of belonging.