Current Events > To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day

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Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajfdGmtZI4

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One fine day with a woof and a purr
a baby was born and it cause a little stir
no blue bug
no three-eyed frog
just a feline canine little catdog
catdog
catdog
alone in the world was a little catdog
out on the road or back in town
all the little critters put catdog down
trying to be brothers
trying to get along
trying to walk together
trying to sing this song
catdog
catdog
alone in the world was a little catdog
catdog
catdog
alone in the world was a little catdog
alone in the world was a little catdog

What TC failed to mention is that the stranger in Agua Fria was named Joe Nardo, and he and his four sons, each a decade or so younger than the previous, worked, farmed, fished and hunted for their living. By the end of the 19th century, Nardo had enough acreage and livestock that he could trade the surplus for supplies, but what the family did to fill the rest of the year was more difficult. The men and the younger boys went out with seines and net traps, and the older boys, including Joe, would drive their families mules overland to the San Luis Rey River in search of grass for their sheep and cattle. In the summertime, they fished the river for bass, catfish and trout.

My great-grandfather was a big man, Nardos great-granddaughter, Diane Nardo Kincannon, once told me. He had a mule team of five and a team of six. Very tough guy."

He wore a big iron on his hip

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