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HUCKLEBERRIES: Rescue and romance

by DAVE OLIVERIA
| February 15, 2026 1:00 AM

On wintry Valentine’s Day 1981, a stranded Wyoming man had lost hope.

Alone and starving at the deserted Magee Ranger Station, John R. Miles, 58, of Sheridan, Wyo., wrote a farewell note to his wife, Velma, and their pet dachshund.

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