Blythewood to remember JJ Ranch on Sept. 6

BLYTHEWOOD – Josie Jennings Atkinson, the daughter of the late Jimmy and Sybil Jennings, owners of the JJ Ranch in Blythewood in the late 1950’s and early 60’s, will be in town Friday, Sept. 6 for a special event – Remembering JJ Ranch. The program, hosted by the Historical Society at the Langford Nord House, […]

Remembering JJ Ranch, Sept. 6

BLYTHEWOOD – Once upon a time, in the heart of downtown Blythewood, there was a dude ranch – the JJ Ranch – where it seemed almost everyone wore cowboy hats, rode horses, and lived a fairytale life on the range. But the JJ Ranch was not a fairytale. It was a real-life cowboy version of […]

Memories On The Ranch –

  Josie Jennings Atkinson, center, is still every bit the cowgirl she was when her family ran the JJ Ranch in Blythewood. Atkinson, who now lives on a farm in Arkansas, was honored on Saturday afternoon with a drop-in at the Blythewood Historical Society. Wearing jeans, a Texas-size western belt buckle and a silver boot […]

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