Check out my homies. Yeah, they were a bunch of mixed-breed prairie dogs. I bet you all never knew about the Red River Ox Cart Trails and what it meant to the expansion of trade to the western U.S. The 'middle trail' on the map follows what is now interstate 94. It explains the remnants that were left behind of the traders that passed through 1820-1880. It explains the rotted cabin foundations we came across in the woods with the little, glass apothecary bottles. It explains the arrowheads and painted pottery that surfaced each spring.
There are stories that are longing to be kept and retold. If you really listen, the trees are talking.
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