I found this book link through Google: The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West By Michael Wallis http://books.google.com/books?id=s6YFm0pgW94C&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=bert+colby+osage+ranch&source=bl&ots=-MfrHAtRYm&sig=85qwdr1V5om3YhWglv6bFL5l65Y&hl=en&ei=SnAzS9GvH5CINofkvMUN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=bert%20colby%20osage%20ranch&f=false Bob Colby --- On Wed, 12/23/09, Homer Fincannon <homer.fincannon@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Homer Fincannon <homer.fincannon@yahoo.com> Subject: A Bert Colby that lived on Hiway 60 in the Osage: To: "RC Colby" <roccos1023@sbcglobal.net> Cc: "Homer Fincannon" <homer.fincannon@yahoo.com> Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 2:13 PM Mr. Colby if its the same family , believe it is. My grandfather,E.E.Beach and Mr. Bert Colby were close friends for years. I`ve got different pictures up including one of Bert, A.W.Comstock, who spun him from that Enid, thing.picking up 12 wagon loads of apple trees that went to the current ranch of your family. Check out http://OsageCountyTribute.com    also http://OsageMineralRightsHolders.ning.com I have hundreds of pictures, some out on that goat ranch,ect. That`s all I can say. Homer_J