By Linda M. Hasselstrom
No position Like domestic scrutinizes the modern West, the place subdivisions devour kinfolk ranches and old cities are evolving into suggest, congestedcities. Linda Hasselstrom bargains a record from front, the place nature and human aspirations are usually at odds and the techniques of neighborhood and mutual accountability are being redefined.
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Remember the fire department and the emts, all volunteer. They come when they can, but no one checks on why they didn’t show up. Here’s another country custom: when you are standing on your own land, repairing the half of the fence to the right is your job. This policy has ruled here as long as white men have been fencing this prairie, and applies to everyone. It’s your responsibility to fence livestock out rather than a rancher’s job to fence them in. Paul, who owned the acreage you wanted, was old and had been unable to fix fence very efficiently for several years; moreover, he’d driven off most of the men he’d hired, so all his fences need major work now.
They sold for $725 and $900 an acre, respectively. Within a year or two, Tract 3 contained a house and garage, and a few cows grazing around the buildings. Considering the long drought, I hope someone is giving those cows considerable supplementary feed. Tracts 4 and 5, at 160 acres each, soon sprouted large houses. The grass damaged by the building operation is not recovering in the fierce drought. On Tract 5, two huge ochre boulders, probably found while the basement was being dug, provide an entrance, but there is no functional gate.
Wondering about that ad saying water accompanied “most” lots, I learned a single well would serve much of the development. And the price? ” Let’s see now—that means in April the buyer paid, or promised to pay, $7,750 for ten acres of paradise with nothing on it but the breeze and some grass. Four months later, he was selling that same ten acres for an additional $21,250. His expenses included surveying the lots and bulldozing the narrow trail that led from the county road to the narrow parcels so prospective buyers could visit.