circle of ruins

Ghost Towns and finally Santa Fe

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March 20th 2012
Lots of pictures in this blog!! The trees were planted!! My journal entry from March 5th simply says 'Tree planting, exhausted - enough said' That first day there were 8 of us and we planted 600 trees , 8-10 foot tall willow saplings with diameters ranging from 1-3 inches. The next day 35 folks from the regional office showed up and fortified with doughnuts we all planted 1200 mor ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more