Ross (Rusty) Mussleman places a bit of snuff under one lip, glances around at the alcove that for years served as Cave Spring cowboy camp and reaches back 50 years into his memory. "It was cold but dry, and when the weather was bad we'd move the horses in with us," he recalls, remembering his experiences with the Scourp-Soumerville Cattle Company (S.S. Cattle Co.) in the late 1930's. "All in all, it wasn't a bad place to live, except for the bugs and varmints." Musselman points to tin cans nailed to the table legs and explains, "The cans kept the mice out of the grub." read more...