Prairie wanderer Pratt tells tales of Rosa and the sky
In a rugged memoir style, Sanderson Pratt recalls gold prospecting near Bitterroot, a snowbound winter, and a romance in Rosa Idaho Green and Mrs. De Ormond Sampson figure in the tale. Pratt riffs on weather lore, poetry versus statistics, and life in a frontier town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
McClure Company
Sanderson Pratt
United Sates
Weather Bureau
Meteorological Department
Idaho
Bitter Root Mountains
Montana Line
Walla Walla
Abills
Carlos
Ydaho
Idaho Green
Idaho's Readings Bond Between Inmates and Reminiscing
A fragmented reminiscence from a prison cabin describes inmates passing time with a shelf high out of reach, a dog named Idaho, and a game of twenty questions. The narrator recalls sharing a favorite book, Herkimer's Hand, and the warmth of the moment as reading bridged loneliness during confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Flo
Balok
Wehes
Herkimer
Idaho Poet and the Ringing Rocks of Fact
A narrator and Mrs. Sampson discuss Idaho figures a poet Idaho and Ruby Ott, then shift to dry statistics as comfort. The talk drifts from scandalized poetry to factual trivia like coal depth and bones in a leg, ending with a cliffhanger about being awakened by strangers in Herkimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sampson
Ruby Ott
Idaho
K. M
Mr. Pratt
Cain
Mra
Bampoon
Killingworth
Newcastle
Tower of London
Herkimer
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the Handbook OF Hymen
Agys
Homer K. M
Homer K. M. Spoopendyke
Homer K. M. McSweeney
Homer K. M. Jones
Sandy
Homer K.M
IX. M
Rosa
Salmon River
Sunset View
Tosa
de Ormond Sampson
Queen of Rosa
Yellow House
Indy
L 'Old Idaho
THE
Wallace Dry Goods CO
J. C. Wallace & Son
Proprietors
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin
Atlantic City
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Avalon
Stone Harbor
Anglesea
Wildwood
Holly Beach
Wildwood Crest
Cape May
G. A. R. National
R. W. Wehrle & Company
Indiana
Geo. D. Leydie
L. Pattison Co
Phila. Street
Thompson's Insurance Agency
Indiana County
Indiana, PA
Indiana Foundry Company, Ltd
Shackamaxon
Vogel Bros
Penna
Victor Roller
David Ellis & Son
Penn Roller Flour Mills
Kewanee & Perry Systems of Water Supply
J.C. Moore Hardware & Supply Co
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