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July 22, 2015
This Day in History: July 22nd- Katharine Bates and Her Little Poem
"One day some of the other teachers and I decided to go on a trip to 14,000-foot Pikes Peak.
We hired a prairie wagon. Near the top we had to leave the wagon and go the rest of the way on mules. I was very tired. But when I saw the view, I felt great joy. All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse."When she got back to her room at Antlers Hotel, she scribbled down the first draft of a poem which she originally titled “Pikes Peak.,” and which would become....
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She was tired? What about them poor damn mules that hauled her poetic ass up there?
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at July 23, 2015 6:48 AM
And now Ray, we must do more than rage against the dying of the light and the rising of the immoral blight.
In your blindness you saw the best of America and the worst. You chose to promote the best. What drove you to your choice?
Posted by: Stug Guts at July 23, 2015 4:29 PM