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Empty Saddles: Nicholas “Nick” Fred Demchenko
Retired rancher, former brand inspector, husband, father and grandfather, Nick was an accomplished saddlemaker, leather carver, braider, rawhide braider, silversmith and horsehair hitcher. He served as Round-Up