Sunday, January 16, 2011

After the Land Rush: In the Nature Theatre



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Oklahoma Prairie: photo by Agriculture, 2005




Every night, all through the land rush, haunted by the same dream

Through the sleeping mountains, as the first homesteaders passed



On a frosty morning, when a child had been taken ill

And a cloth had been thrown over the back



Of the wagon -- but whether that cloth was white

Or black none could recall







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Bunch, Oklahoma (unincorporated area)
: photo by Starwalker, 2006

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Storm over Snyder, Oklahoma: photo by Jonathan Wheeler, 2010

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W.S. Kelly General Store, Cogar, Oklahoma
: photo by Tilden, 2006



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Storm Over Elk Mountain, Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma (Sunset Peak in distance, Big Four Mountain to the right): photo by Jonathan Wheeler, 2008

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Angry Sky Over Big Four Mountain And Sunset Peak, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma: photo by Jonathan Wheeler, 2009

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Last Light on Big Four and Blackbear Mountains, Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma: photo by Jonathan Wheeler, 2009