And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Nice cabin, but I'll bet you that the wind kicks up. I had a friend who moved to the Dakotas, bought a big ranch (he was a horse person), a remuda of quarter horses and off he went. Eventually, he retreated to Durango because the constant wind on the plains drove him nuts - or so he said.
Love it. Having spent most of my life surrounded by beautiful trees, I really appreciate places where you can see the horizon miles off in the distance.
I had a friend who was Chief of Staff in San Diego for someone. His home was here. He and his brother, the sheriff used to shoot from the porch of his home. I thought that was a fine place to live.
During the migration westward a lot of settlers suffered from Prairie Madness.
Prairie madness or prairie fever was an affliction that affected European settlers in the Great Plains during the migration to, and settlement of, the Canadian Prairies and the Western United States in the nineteenth century. Settlers moving from urbanized or relatively settled areas in the East faced the risk of mental breakdown caused by the harsh living conditions and the extreme levels of isolation on the prairie. Symptoms of prairie madness included depression, withdrawal, changes in character and habit, and violence. Prairie madness sometimes resulted in the afflicted person moving back East or, in extreme cases, suicide.
May be the best one yet for this genre, CW. I could definitely live there!
ReplyDeleteNice cabin, but I'll bet you that the wind kicks up. I had a friend who moved to the Dakotas, bought a big ranch (he was a horse person), a remuda of quarter horses and off he went. Eventually, he retreated to Durango because the constant wind on the plains drove him nuts - or so he said.
ReplyDeleteLove it. Having spent most of my life surrounded by beautiful trees, I really appreciate places where you can see the horizon miles off in the distance.
ReplyDeleteI had a friend who was Chief of Staff in San Diego for someone. His home was here. He and his brother, the sheriff used to shoot from the porch of his home. I thought that was a fine place to live.
ReplyDeleteDuring the migration westward a lot of settlers suffered from Prairie Madness.
ReplyDeletePrairie madness or prairie fever was an affliction that affected European settlers in the Great Plains during the migration to, and settlement of, the Canadian Prairies and the Western United States in the nineteenth century. Settlers moving from urbanized or relatively settled areas in the East faced the risk of mental breakdown caused by the harsh living conditions and the extreme levels of isolation on the prairie. Symptoms of prairie madness included depression, withdrawal, changes in character and habit, and violence. Prairie madness sometimes resulted in the afflicted person moving back East or, in extreme cases, suicide.