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Nicaragua 1971-1978: A US Ambassador Trades Diplomacy for a Cattle Ranch on the Rivas Isthmus

Amb Crockett’s first camp on his ranch, El Alamo de San Antonio, Nicaragua, 1971. ©KMC

Terry and Linda, ranch barn, El Alamo de San Antonio, Nicaragua, c 1971. ©KMC

Kitchen at the ranch basecamp affectionately known as the 'campamento,' El Alamo de San Antonio, Nicaragua, c 1972. ©KMC

Open air thatch roof hut where Mary and Linda are sitting at a table, c 1972. ©KMC

Thatch roof hut and Toyota Landcruiser at El Alamo de San Antonio, Nicaragua, c 1972. ©KMC

Judy and James on horseback, 1974. ©KMC

Mary looking on as Judy, James, and Fred play in the creek at the campamento, 1974. ©KMC

Judy, James, and Fred play in a creek at the campamento, 1974. ©KMC

Terry and Laura at the campamento creek, Nicaragua, 1974. ©KMC

Blue print for the corral buildout, Nicaragua, Dec 1971. ©KMC

The corrals at El Alamo de San Antonio, Rivas, Nicaragua, 1974. ©KMC

Jack and Mom at the corrals, 1974. ©KMC

Jack and his herd of Brahman cattle, 1974. ©KMC

Ranch foreman Domingo Antonio and Jack, 1974. ©KMC

Cattle drive across the ranch, 1974. ©KMC

Pasture divisions, El Alamo de San Antonio, Rivas, Nicaragua, 1971. ©KMC

Cattle drive at El Alamo, c 1976-1977. ©KMC

Saddled up and ready to go, c 1974. ©KMC

Ranch foreman Domingo Antonio on his horse, c 1974. ©KMC

Volcán Concepción on Isla Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua visible from the ranch. Jaragua grass in the foreground, c 1974. ©KMC

Volcán Maderas on Isla Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua visible from the ranch, c 1974. ©KMC

Kennedy M Crockett on his ranch in Nicaragua, c 1976. ©KMC

Four oxen hauling a huge tree trunk on a two-wheel cart. ©KMC

Transporting logs to a mill. Mounds in the background could have once been used by indigenous peoples. Photo c 1974 ©KMC

Jaragua seed to market, which some years made more money than beef, c 1974. ©KMC

Kennedy on Jack's front porch in San Juan del Sur after a long day on the ranch, 1974. ©KMC

Linda on her horse at the ranch, c 1976. ©KMC

Terry on her horse at the campamento, 1976. ©KMC

Linda, spearfishing expedition, Playa Escamequita estuary, Nicaragua, 1973. ©KMC

Laura, midnight turtle nesting hunt, Southern Pacific Coast of Nicaragua, July 1972. ©KMC

Our beloved mom, Mary Corinne Campbell Crockett, at home in Rivas the year she lost her battle to cancer, 1976. ©KMC

Our home outside of the town of Rivas, Nicaragua, 1976. ©KMC

A main street lined with people in the town of Rivas, 1978-1979.

Images of rubble after bombings in Rivas during the Sandinista Revolution, 1978-1979.

Bullet holes in a gate to a friend's home in Rivas during the Sandinista Revolution, 1978-1979.