CONTENTS

Prologue

Introduction

The Beginning of the Journey to Return

Part I      The Womb

The Move to Muskogee

Lincoln Found Us

Deciding to Go and Leave Roots and Family

Part II     The Trip West

Borger, Texas

New Mexico and Arizona

The Painted Desert and Petrified Forest

On To California

Part III    The California Experience

The Grapes of Wrath and the Border Crossing

Los Angeles

The Roller Coaster

Finishing Up in L.A.

The Introduction to the Pacific

Part IV    Coming into the Klamath River

The So-Called Road In

Meeting My Friend, Mr. Beck, and His House

Hi Ho Silver

Choosing Our Camp/Home and Moving In

Part V     Life on the Klamath River

The Mining Operation

The Trips to Town

Life in Camp

The First Emergency/Responsibility

Sluice Box

Mother’s Cooking

Mr. Beck

A Skunk in Camp

Frenchy

Indian Hop Mountain

The Wild Pig Incident

Picawish

The Salmon Run

Part VI    Leaving the Klamath River and the Trip Back to the Ozarks

This is Daddy’s memory of leaving –

Epilogue

Returning

Digging Deeper

Lincoln

The Car

Frenchy

Learning

Spirituality

The Klamath River – Returning to Balance