Belle Starr's Grave
" Well behaved women rarely make history." *** Her grave as it is today *** I made the trip to Eufaula Oklahoma a couple of weeks ago for a family get together. I was going to visit the grave site of Belle Starr on this trip, but read up on the burial location before going. The site is rather run down, on private property and on a dead end road. You have to rustle up the owners and tramp through an unkempt weedy trail. The original stone has been removed or is gone from what I understand, so I decided not to go. I find this disheartening, that a well known historical figure, albeit outlaw, from the old west does not have a more revered grave site. I think the sad fact is, most of the famous people we know from that time have also been left in obscure places and have faded away, forgotten. ***Her grave as it was originally*** Belle Starr was "The Bandit Queen," associated with Jesse James and the Youngers. She once made the comment to a newspaper reporter -" I ...
I love these!...and your horse nook, below.
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I spent yesterday morning - cleaning stalls and passing out carrots - It's the best hard work that one could ever find!
I LOVE those vintage photos! I'm also very envious of your horse collection! I finally handed my old Breyer models to my daughters to play with - it was painful, but I had so much fun playing with them and making miniature tack and rugs ( and haynets, and headcollars, and anything else you can imagine!) when I was a kid, that it seemed the right thing to do!
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