These posts are awesome Granny.
Back in Scottsdale, Arizona, there used to be a place called Rawhide (it’s now on the Indian reservation south of town).
They had a display of Conestoga wagons in a circle with some of the items the pioneers carried. It always seemed spooky to me to have the possessions of people long dead arranged like that, as if they might return at any minute. They even had mock campfires and harmonica music playing.
Back in Scottsdale, Arizona, there used to be a place called Rawhide (it’s now on the Indian reservation south of town).<<<
I have always figured that if I had lived in those days, I would have been on a wagon headed west.
Next time you go, be real still and see if you can imagine being on the train with them.
I am always amazed at the loads they pulled with the oxen.