The Unusual Project Continues

Spanish versus Mexican administration. Jesuits versus Franciscans. The decentralization of the Apache tribal leadership. The Gadsden Purchase. An important Confederate map. A gold strike. 850 miles of canals. Italian stone masons. Texas muleskinners. Floods in Phoenix. World War I and the cotton market. Brothels and municipal government. Demographic shifts. Old alliances. Tunnels. Single-parent households.

Dots being assembled and connected. Points being simplified. This unusual but fascinating project is coming together. The stacks of books on my dining room table are being converted to cards and then to pages. Things are clicking. 

I learned a lot about reclamation yesterday afternoon.