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Southeast Missouri, aboard the westbound train
September 23, 1871 The train cuts through Missouri like a blade, and still the landscape refuses to bleed. The trees stand too still. The...

Kate Bender
Sep 231 min read


West of Louisville, KY
Journal Entry – September 20, 1871 I have not thought of that night in years—the night I stood at the edge of the black wood, invited...

Kate Bender
Sep 202 min read
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