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WT Sharpe · 02-06-2011, 03:32 AM

.....I have been called a pioneer. In my book a pioneer is a man who comes to virgin country, traps off all the fur, kills off all the wild meat, cuts down all the trees, grazes off all the grass, plows the roots up, and strings ten million miles of wire. A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.
..........— Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926), American artist. Quoted in John Hutchns, One Man's Montana (Lippincott; 1st edition, 1964).

02-06-2011, 03:32 AM	#1185
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....I have been called a pioneer. In my book a pioneer is a man who comes to virgin country, traps off all the fur, kills off all the wild meat, cuts down all the trees, grazes off all the grass, plows the roots up, and strings ten million miles of wire. A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization. ..........— Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926), American artist. Quoted in John Hutchns, *One Man's Montana* (Lippincott; 1st edition, 1964).