Homestead



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 A hard working, God-fearing, weathered pioneer

Had a dream in his heart for many a year

To homestead on the prairie with his family

Rooted to Mother earth in perfect harmony

The nest-egg they had saved was barely enough

And they knew the road ahead would be rough

But they followed their dream of a brand new start

With the wind at their backs. A prayer in their heart

Fulfilling life’s dream by the sweat of their brow

The home they built still stands there now

Soil was plowed and seeded. They worked long hard hours

But the much needed crop failed . . . There were no showers

Fate was unkind to these hard working souls

They humbly left their dream and many unfilled goals

  Took their meager belongings and some of that dry prairie dirt

A tribute to their effort. A memorial to the hurt.

Poem by Herm Meyer

Note:

One of the things that made the Great Depression so bad is that right in the middle of one of the worst financial crisis in the US's history, there was a drought of epic proportion.The picture above was taken near Dalhart, Texas.