News Staff
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Sam was born at a house in Thedford, NE on March 13, 1931 to Austin and Mae Miles, joining four older siblings: Lester, Eldora, Robert and Merle Marie. The first seven years of his life was at the soddy, an actual four room sod house northeast of Brownlee, NE. In 1938 Austin bought the old Doc Higgins place five miles southeast of Brownlee. This ranch is, to this day, referred to as the “home place.”