I recently went through a museum with my husband and son. They have been on a six year tour of Texas, going from place to place soaking in as much history as they possibly can. I’ve enjoyed about 75% of it.
On this day it was more like 4%, so when I saw this particular quote, I nearly lost it. The same could be said for modern Texas, although I think the oxen have been taken out of the equation. Still pondering how the oxen pulled that off, oh well.
I’m enjoying Texas through the eyes of men.
Oldest Daughter & Red Headed Sister 
What parts?
Feel free to laze through again!!!! I might even give you the private twenty-five cent tour.
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Haha! In French class in school up here in Canada we end up reading a lot of books about “Les Filles du Roi” – the Kings Daughters – basically orphan or poor girls of marrying age who chose to come to New France (1600s) to marry the settlers (ie: live in the middle of nowhere with some stranger, possibly raising the kids from the last wife who most likely died from exhaustion, and tend a farm). The books always tried to make it sound all noble and romantic. I never really bought it. It sounded awful!
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Louise, you and I see past the romance and see it for what it truly was, in both areas of the world, lot’s of hard work. Although, I can fantasize about how it must have felt to take a leap of faith and travel by boat for hundreds of miles to meet a stranger, but after I do that I’m left with..he probably stunk really bad and needed help. 🙂
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Thats funny!
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Thanks. I thought so, too.
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😆 Oh, that is too funny! Sorry. Hmm…someone needed beat with their shinbone!
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The women or the oxen, Professor? I believe the oxen may have been treated better and then left to fatten up in the pasture, while the women have continued to work to the bone.
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The oxen, of course. Or maybe the women if they didn’t work hard. 😉
But didn’t the men work hard too?
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The men definately worked hard. No doubt..
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