Tag: native americans
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THE LAND OF THE FREE
It had sat there for over a hundred years, a monument to those who had lit out on the Oregon Trail to settle the land and make their future. This wagon hadn’t made it to the end. Had the people who came with it, or had they perished along the way from hunger, thirst, exhaustion,…
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PROGRESS
She saddled up the white mare. One last ride across the open plains. Then retirement in the city and her new apartment. Nestled in the distance the farmhouse and barn – the small bit of the world that they had once owned. She thought about the years spent working this land. She thought of her…
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SONORAN OMENS
‘This is what they’ve said they wanted.’ Frank said. ‘This is what happens when you leave rich folk to run a country.’ Bill countered. ‘Rich folk that have never even set foot out here, never mind have to settle here.’ They scratched their heads and looked from the rocky desert in front of them to the plans…
Iain Kelly 