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I appreciate it when someone recommends a book for me to read and Rex Siebert did just that. He told me about a book that describes herds of cattle being driven on the Chisholm Trail from Texas to Abilene. What an exciting event that must have been for the cowboys in those days. Sometimes in crossing a river, cattle would get stuck in quick sand. The cowboys would have to tie ropes around the cow’s neck and the cowboys’ horses would pull them out.
Many of the people we have heard about appear in the story. Liquor and guns were very evident. Oh, yes, the Indians were there, too. It seems to me that we didn’t treat Native Americans fairly.
Look at history. One time, the Romans took over Europe and then the British took over. It seems to happen every so often. It makes you wonder if sometime in the future, some country could do that to us if we don’t quit “fiddling” while we aren’t watching.
Some students think history isn’t important. What we see must warn us to see what happened in the past and could happen in the future.
It is just like us to eat food that could make us sick but we eat it anyway. We know what will happen if we eat it. And it does happen.
I understand that the work on our hospital has started. What a wonderful goal that is. It will be a real “jewel” in our community.