The old family spread was so far out of Lawrence Kansas that it was spared when Quantril's Raiders came through and flattened the place in the 1860s. When I was a pup we had throughbreds, all types of huntin and shootin on the place. Stone house, stone barns, stone fence posts. In the late 1930s we boarded calvery horses and sold some of our stock to the gvt.
When I went back in the 60s, the only thing left was the main house and it had become a museum, in town.
Bought a piece in Arizona, 20 miles out of a small town, one side state forest, nuther side gvt land. Land swap let the flatlanders n blue hairs do a high dollar developement complete with golf course next door, property taxes up and creeks down. Gave up on it. Now in a five car garage with couple useless rooms (bath, bedrooms etc) in village full of flatlanders. At least have all the shop space I ever wanted.
My great uncle Robert (who pulled the flag at Ft Sumpter) told grandpa that the country had gone to hell and big government was eating it from inside. That was in the 1800s.
It is all relative....and so much of it so sad.
------------------
Sam I am, grn egs n packin
Nikita Khrushchev predicted confidently in a speech in Bucharest, Rumania on June 19, 1962 that: " The United States will eventually fly the Communist Red Flag...the American people will hoist it themselves."
When I went back in the 60s, the only thing left was the main house and it had become a museum, in town.
Bought a piece in Arizona, 20 miles out of a small town, one side state forest, nuther side gvt land. Land swap let the flatlanders n blue hairs do a high dollar developement complete with golf course next door, property taxes up and creeks down. Gave up on it. Now in a five car garage with couple useless rooms (bath, bedrooms etc) in village full of flatlanders. At least have all the shop space I ever wanted.
My great uncle Robert (who pulled the flag at Ft Sumpter) told grandpa that the country had gone to hell and big government was eating it from inside. That was in the 1800s.
It is all relative....and so much of it so sad.
------------------
Sam I am, grn egs n packin
Nikita Khrushchev predicted confidently in a speech in Bucharest, Rumania on June 19, 1962 that: " The United States will eventually fly the Communist Red Flag...the American people will hoist it themselves."