A Land Remembered

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ok a ride their on their horses, and they found a little Bon fire in the town of Ft. Drum. Zech had never been to a frolic before, but he sure doesn't regret going to this one, because he met his wife there. Zech was 17 going on 18 when he met her. She was a 14 year old beauty. She had flaming red hair that flowed past her shoulders, pale green eyes, and white skin, not burned brown by prairie sun. Her name was Glenda Turner, the daughter of the towns general store, a very respected middle class man.

Zech and Glenda married in the last week of February 1880. It was a great sight to see the whole MacIvey Clan, and the people of Ft. Drum. It was a beautiful day for them to marry! Glenda's father had purchased them a honeymoon trip to Jacksonville, but they never did end up going. Glenda would now make the sacrifice to leave her family in Ft. Drum, to live out in the prairie with Zech and his family. They Loved each other Very Much!

Zech had more than one lover though, he had met Towanda first, and she was an Indian girl from the tribe of the Seminole's. She was also the mother to his son Toby, Sol's half brother. These two loves were very much different from each other, one was like pine needles and one like lilac water, Towanda loved him and re...