He came ashore on a China beach where there happened to be a Christian Encampment. When he surfaced, he was lucky to catch a ride on a long, which happened to float by. An airplane he was traveling on crashed into the ocean and sank, but Charles managed to escape as the plane sank.
But the kids probably remember Charles for being strict about safety.Ĭharles tells the story about how he did some traveling in other countries. He sometimes took the kids for ice cream after games, his treat. Charles enjoyed driving the bus and taking the kids to and from games and other school functions. Charles helped his father on the ranch raising sheep and driving the school bus for Wind River High School. It took them 5 days moving with horse and drawn wagons and their sheep.
He graduated from Casper High School.Īfter the family left Casper, they moved to the Pavillion area, where they bought a ranch and raised sheep. In the fall they herded the sheep back to the Casper Valley for the fall and winter months, where they cut hay for the winter months.Ĭharles was in the ROTC and served as a lieutenant. They lived in a cabin and raised a garden. Charles, his younger brother, James and their family spent their summers working on the Mountain. In the summertime, the sheep were herded from the Mills homestead to the Casper Mountain homestead 30 miles away. He stopped the wire cutting by firing off warning shots. Charles’ father would go out on horseback with a 30-30 rifle and ride their property lines because the cattle ranchers would cut their fences and let their cattle graze on Miranda property. Some of the other landowners raised cattle. His parents both had homesteads in the Casper area his mother’s homestead was close to Mills and his father’s was on Casper Mountain, where the family raised sheep. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery,Ĭharles Fredrick Miranda was born on Januin Casper, Wyoming the son of Charles A. Margaret’s Catholic Church with Father Demetrio Penascoza officiating. A funeral is scheduled for Friday, July 31, 2015, at 10:00 am at St. A rosary will be held on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 7:00 pm at St. Miranda, 91, of Riverton, died on Saturday, Jin Riverton.
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