Larry Caldwell wrote:

In article ,
(Duane Bozarth) says...
Larry Caldwell wrote:
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... pioneers would split their own shakes any time the house
needed a roof.

No, out here they hitched up the team and turned over more sod...

Those weren't pioneers, they were tourists, just passing through.

Nobody lives there any more...

Not us...we been here since the plow...that's a lot later than some
other places, but no miners here..

The prairie states are approaching unsettled population density.

Some things are to be thankful for...


At least now that the buffalo are gone,

Well, actually, they aren't quite gone...quite an industry, actually.
Not as large as beef or pork, but not inconsequential...

...they can grow trees.

Nope...never were trees and if it were to go back to fully
unsettled, the ones here would be gone after the first grass fire, never
to be re-established owing to arid climate and repetitive fires.