2018 Amarillo Wrangler Reunion - Part I

The year 2018 brought about several impactful events to Philmont and the Philmont landscape. One of those events was the Ute Park Fire that devastated the middle part of the Ranch, ultimately causing a closure of the 2018 summer program. Another one of those events occurred on August 18, 2018 with the retirement of tenured Philmont employees Ben and Marilyn Vargas. Ben’s retirement in 2018 was the last of three well known, tenured Livestock Department employees for Philmont. Bob Ricklefs reti...