The Antediluvian Adventures of Noah's Boys: 1. Escape from Mother Earth

In the days of Noah, when the lifespan was nearly a thousand years, many generations could share stories about what it was like when they grew up.  Today, it is rare to go back even a hundred years.  Our own family has a true-life adventure story from 1873, when my great-great grandfather decided as a young man to see the Old West while it was still wild, and buffalo still roamed the plains.  Here is Part Two of the letter he wrote to my father in 1931. LIVING ON DEER MEAT From then on, we saw plenty of game.   In fact: we lived on Deer meat from then on.   A few weeks after that (one Sunday morning) I was making along slowly up along the side of a mountain.   There was a few inches of snow on the ground, with a crust on it.   I heard something breaking through the crust in back of me.   Looking around I saw a big Buck Deer not more than 25 feet behind me.   He was so astonished at seeing me that he stood perfectly still...

In the days of Noah, when the lifespan was nearly a thousand years, many generations could share stories about what it was like when they grew up.  Today, it is rare to go back even a hundred years.  Our own family has a true-life adventure story from 1873, when my great-great grandfather decided as a young man to see the Old West while it was still wild, and buffalo still roamed the plains.  Here is Part One of the letter he wrote to my father in 1931. MR. F.L HORNING 756 S.24TH ST. MILWAUKEE, WIS. Milwaukee, September the 15th, 1931 My Dear Donnie Boy, Donnie!   Let’s you and me go and sit down some place where we won’t be disturbed by anyone.   Then I can tell you all about my trip out west when I was a young man 21 years old. LEAVING MILWAUKEE BY RAIL It was in 1873, with three friends of mine of the same age:   Jonas Boorse, his cousin, and Ed Brown.   We left Milwaukee on the first day of April with our trunks...