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By Steve Horton
The story line in the Western movie is a familiar one. The family, full of both anticipation and anxiety, has left the comforts and security of their Eastern settlement to join the wagon train for the trek to Oregon or California or some other destination. The lure is abundant and inexpensive land, perceived riches, a fresh beginning, or a simple wanderlust.
The family, to offset their anxiety, has packed their wagon with a few heirlooms along with the vital provisions. Mementoes of home that they’re taking with them; links to their past that they can’t imagine leaving behind.
The plot usually thickens. Somewhere out on the parched Great Plains or up in the rough passage of the mountains, faced with needing to lighten their load, cornered by the hard choice of survival or else, the precious heirlooms are finally dumped by the wayside.
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