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Pioneering Spirit

Mr. Donner asked, "how'd you like to go
to California to make some dough?"
"Sure, Mr. Donner, I'll come along. 
After all, what could go wrong?"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Wolf Avatar
January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Nothing, I say. ~ Gamblin' Gersh
Crandall Avatar
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I guess some folks did pretty well. I'm actually going to watch disc 3 of a 5 disc Ken Burns documentary on The West, and it will be the gold rush episode - so maybe I'll find out. My grandfather had a small gold mine in CA, but that was in the 1930s. My dad went to it with him to it out in the desert sometimes. Gamblin Gersh - I like it!
Rodrigues Avatar
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Yup, that probably happened. You know, a pioneer could eat that up.
Crandall Avatar
January 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Haha, interesting choice of expressions. Re-reading yesterday's poems, I shouldn't have been allowed near the computer.
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