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How The West Was Won

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

0 posted 2013-04-28 07:11 PM

When he emigrated to North Dakota
Daddy came to help fill needed quota
Of young strong men of honest worth
For untamed land at its new birth.

The settlers in this brand new land
Weren’t looking for the wild cow-hand,
The drifter who’d collect his pay,
Then casually be on his way.

Some would then join an outlaw band,
Before the law came to the land.
Though their kind earned infamous glory,
Men like my dad were the real story.

North Dakota had only been a state,
Ten years when Daddy tested fate.
He left Eastern standards and aesthetics.
Armed only with his strong work ethics.

He and his kind would build the schools,
And churches and towns and follow rules.
He homesteaded in nineteen hundred one
And that is how the west was won.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2013-05-01 06:47 AM

North Dakota had only been a state,
Ten years when Daddy tested fate.
He left Eastern standards and aesthetics.
Armed only with his strong work ethics.

You tell the story in a very efficient way and in the same time you honor your Dad and his creative spirit and work so beautifully. I enjoyed this much.

Love,
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

Kit McCallum

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Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

2 posted 2013-05-02 05:40 AM

Oh, I enjoyed this Joyce! You have captured the spirit of your dad and this era of the West beautifully. Thank you for starting my morning with a smile.

Best wishes,
/Kit

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

3 posted 2013-05-04 01:46 PM

Thanks.
I always enjoy reading your stories.
Melton

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

4 posted 2013-05-23 02:24 AM

This is such a wonderful slice of history married to your life. I really like it.

Alison

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