This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rowe Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1672 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 26, 1907. "Rowe's Snake Adventure".--The first snake story of the season was told yesterday by our townsman, S.W.S. Rowe. It was not a dime novel story that happened in some foreign land, but a regular home experience long to be remembered. The great battle occurred during the first of the week as Rowe was going to Nebraska City and while driving leisurely along, a rattler made its appearance by the roadside and was not disposed to hurry to a place of safety, so Wes concluded it would be bad luck to pass the reptile unmolested and at once prepared to give battle. He was not prepared with any artillery, but finally hit upon the plan of using his buggy whip which he carried into execution and soon had the serpent dispatched. It was indeed an exciting time but Mr. Rowe came off victorious after a hotly contested skirmish and while he escaped the fangs of his antagonist, he felt that on arriving at the City a few doses of the usual remedy given in such cases would do him good.