That is fascinating, but for all my history study, I don’t think I could deal with it. Color me late-20th-century bourgeoise.
For example... many of the Afghanistan mountain scenes of “Lone Survivor” were filmed about 6-7 miles south of me. During filming the crew got on Chilili Land Grant land. The local opinion was that if you had to choose between fighting the Taliban and the Land Grant folks, the Taliban was the way to go.
Tough folks, stayed put and saved their town during last year’s Dog’s Head Fire. Mrs. Slim and I evacuated for a few days.