Tag: history
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The Deserters
Colliers, West Virginia 1863 John and Tom marched ahead of Ben and Joe. Turning off the main road into a muddy pock-holed corn field they stumbled under the weight of their packs and weaponry. The men had returned from battle only a few months prior. Returned to devastated farms and lean families. They tried to…
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The Cougar
Collin slid into his pack and continued through the canyon. The walls sloped near the bottom spilling water eroded bentonite clay. Layers of sandstone, more resistant to weathering, jutted out in rough edges. Collin was reminded of a Gothic cathedral–the Sagrada, he thought—and like the cathedral still being formed. Before his trip he had visited…
The Vaquero 