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Premium Member How the West Was Won
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.

He met my mother, strong as he,
Raised seven kids including me.
He broke wild mustangs to the halter
And from cold or heat would...

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Categories: homesteaded, social, work, dad, dad,
Form: Ballad
Worth Her Salt
Sarah earned her salt in the Carolina hills
The year was 1800, they mined to pay the bills
The ground was hard and rocky, the winters were bone chilling
The Cherokee were a mixed lot, some friendly some still killing
And there in Appalachia, the life was hard on...

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Categories: homesteaded, adventure, youth,
Form: Epic

Book: Reflection on the Important Things