Tag: fiction
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The Fort: Part 6 (Conclusion)
Corporal Scott led the troop up the slope of the bluff, firing at warriors who darted from ridge to ridge below. The Indians seemed to appear and disappear like ghosts, using every fold in the terrain for cover. Uriah worked the lever of his Spencer carbine and fired whenever he caught sight of a rider,…
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The Fort: Part 4
This week’s post is inspired by the historical Battle of Mud Springs. Soldiers from Fort Mitchell were sent to defend the telegraph station at Mud Springs in the Nebraska Territory when it came under attack by a coalition of Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. Reinforcements from both Fort Mitchell and Fort Laramie were quickly…
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The Fort: Part 3
You might recall a while back I had a short entry in my blog regarding an exit sign along Interstate 80 in Iowa that read, Home of Harold “Pie” Keller near the exit sign to Brooklyn, Iowa. Well as we continue to travel across Interstate 80 to visit friends and family, another exit sign at…
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The Route Part 4
Final Chapter First, Some “Humble Pie” When we travel I-80 across Iowa, we’ve passed the Brooklyn, Iowa exit dozens of times. At that spot there’s another sign that reads, “Home of Harold ‘Pie’ Keller.” On a trip this past week, curiosity finally got the best of me, so I Googled Harold Pie Keller. I assumed…
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The Pigs of Sleepy Hollow (Part 2)
Circa: 1968 Johnson Run Creek provided several years of adventure and entertainment. The creek formed the Southern border of Sleppy Hollow, and I suspect it was a source of water for the Henry Fields Flower Farm and pond (see Part 1). My brother spent a few years trapping the creek. He would trap muskrats and…
My View from 1958 