After leaving home at 15 , he drifted throughout the Southwest , finding work as a dairyman , carpenter , trapper , gold panner , and cowboy .
During one difficult interval of homesteading , Gibbons began foraging for local plants and berries to supplement the family diet .
After leaving home at 15 , Gibbons drifted throughout the Southwest , finding work as a dairyman , carpenter , trapper , gold panner , and cowboy .
During one difficult interval of homesteading , Gibbons began foraging for local plants and berries to supplement the family diet .