#yankton

“I seem to be in a spiritual unrest. I hate this eternal tug of war between being 'wild' or becoming 'civilized'. I am what I am. I owe no apologies to God or men.”

“[...] I feel a keen sympathy… that all are akin. The racial lines, which once were bitterly real, now serve nothing more than marking out a living mosaic of human beings.”

“A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers.”

"The work being completed, the Forbes family went to Huron for awhile and then to Docia's brother James' home at Sioux Falls, where Emma was born October 23, 1879. In the spring they went to Yankton, where they rented a farm. 2/3

They were there for two years and are included in the 1880 census. Hiram tried to whip Lena. She said she'd kill him if he tried." #LauraIngallsWilder #Yankton #SouthDakota #littlehouse

I love hurricane lanterns as much as I do a good story, and if some forged iron gets thrown in the mix.... well, all the better!

When I ran across this unique bit of work, I wanted to make sure to collect the story so it wasn't lost to time. Far too often, we find contraptions like this on the table at a flea market or estate sale and scratch our heads trying to figure out what the item was meant to do, imagining all sorts of amazing possibilities. Sadly, most times the truth remains a mystery because the story wasn't kept.

Meade Hospital in Yankton South Dakota