Dusek Tree - Person Sheet
Dusek Tree - Person Sheet
Notes for Jere Walley
Jere married Sue Ramey from Cornelia, Georgia, in 1966, and they have a daughter, Lori Anne, and a son Jason Melvin. Jere bought the former Sid Adams and Pond farms in the Birch Creek area and lived there until he sold part of the farm in 1977, which is now part of the Kingsbury Hutterite Colony. Today, Jere raises hay on his land north of Birch Creek.
The flood of 1964 did much damage to Jere’s farm and the memories of that day are still very vivid. Jere had gone out to the farm, which is about 14 miles west of Valier, to do morning chores. He noticed that the creek was really raising, so he came back to town about 8:00 a.m. to check with his dad down at the Canal Company. Because of the amount of rain that had fallen, it was thought that there would be some hight water in the creek bottom where the house and barns were located. Cliff Olson volunteered to go out and help move things up out of the bottom. Jere’s mother, Sarah, and his sister, Sharon, along with her four sons, Leonard, Robbie, Doug, and John, also went out. Jere had about 500 baby chicks that were in a chicken house in the bottom, and they went out to move them to a building up on the hill. Swift Dam broke at about 10:00 a.m. and Fay Stokes was sent out to warn the Walleys and others in the area to get out. Jere was bringing the combine up the hill and Cliff Olson was bringing a tractor when Jere saw the wall of water coming down the creek. He shot off the combine and started yelling to Cliff, but it was still raining, and there was a loud roar because of the water. By a miracle, Cliff looked up to see the wall of water, and just barely managed to get to safety before it hit. The water seemed to pick up the house and smash it against the hillside and was washed away. Damage was done to other things, but everybody was safely on top of the hill when the water hit. Other neighbors in the area suffered tremendous grief when they lost members of their families, along with the massive damage to their farms and ranches.
The flood of 1964 did much damage to Jere’s farm and the memories of that day are still very vivid. Jere had gone out to the farm, which is about 14 miles west of Valier, to do morning chores. He noticed that the creek was really raising, so he came back to town about 8:00 a.m. to check with his dad down at the Canal Company. Because of the amount of rain that had fallen, it was thought that there would be some hight water in the creek bottom where the house and barns were located. Cliff Olson volunteered to go out and help move things up out of the bottom. Jere’s mother, Sarah, and his sister, Sharon, along with her four sons, Leonard, Robbie, Doug, and John, also went out. Jere had about 500 baby chicks that were in a chicken house in the bottom, and they went out to move them to a building up on the hill. Swift Dam broke at about 10:00 a.m. and Fay Stokes was sent out to warn the Walleys and others in the area to get out. Jere was bringing the combine up the hill and Cliff Olson was bringing a tractor when Jere saw the wall of water coming down the creek. He shot off the combine and started yelling to Cliff, but it was still raining, and there was a loud roar because of the water. By a miracle, Cliff looked up to see the wall of water, and just barely managed to get to safety before it hit. The water seemed to pick up the house and smash it against the hillside and was washed away. Damage was done to other things, but everybody was safely on top of the hill when the water hit. Other neighbors in the area suffered tremendous grief when they lost members of their families, along with the massive damage to their farms and ranches.