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UtahJay
A most beautiful and well done post both writing and photographs my friend.
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 30, 2012 at 8:56 AM
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Reading this reminds me just how made I have it.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 30, 2012 at 8:54 AM
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UtahJay
{Good use of imagery as a theme Jay. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on November 30, 2012 at 8:22 AM
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Well done photo poetry..
Such a shame the Indians and settlers couldn't quite bond; they had so much in common and could have really helped each other...
posted by
Katray2
on November 30, 2012 at 8:01 AM
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A wonderful recounting of their trials and sacrifices. It is like today in someways with hard times for some. One thing after the other goes to make it and human wolves prey on the weak. Love the pictures; I miss the west having lived there a few years. 
A most thought provoking poem, beautifully illustrated.
posted by
mariss9
on November 30, 2012 at 7:51 AM
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elegantly put, my friend, you bring the migration to life
posted by
lionreign
on November 30, 2012 at 3:45 AM
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Very good!! The pictures certainly emphasised the words. Kudos!
posted by
adnohr
on November 30, 2012 at 2:49 AM
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well done cowboy, I thought it might be mighty tough, fancy coming from England or Ireland and seeing dust instead of green.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 29, 2012 at 9:56 PM
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UtahJ
This is really telling to me. One of my great-grandmother's lost her husband in the Civil war and she had seven children. She took them and went west on a wagon train. Two sons died on the way. Two stayed. She later returned with the other three, the youngest my grandfather.
posted by
Justi
on November 29, 2012 at 9:19 PM
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Wow! Good writing. I'll never forget when, as a teen, I read about the Donner Party. What they went through back then moving west for a new life.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 29, 2012 at 8:46 PM
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and we complain about life, our standards of living.
posted by
Kabu
on November 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM
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