" Fuchs told me that the sunflowers were introduced by the Mormons; that at the time of the persecution, when they left Missouri and struck out into the wilderness to find a place where they could worship God in their own way, the members of the first exploring party, crossing the plains to Utah, scattered sunflower seed as they went. The next summer, when the long trains of wagons came through with all the women and children, they had the sunflower trail to follow. I believe that botanists do not confirm Fuch's story, but insist that the sunflower was native to those plains. Nevertheless, that legend has stuck in my mind, and the sunflower-bordered roads always seem to me the roads to freedom."
--My Antonia by Willa Cather.
And oh how I love them.
4 comments:
I've never heard that before - how lovely.
What a lovely thought - it sounds like something the pioneers wold have done!
Love them! What beautiful pictures!!
how pretty!! i love sunflowers too! im soo happy for you carly, your family is beautiful!!
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