English: (1 in a multiple picture set)
We were visiting old Ft. Sisseton, the restored remains of an Army fort which was built during the wars with the American Indian. As I looked out from the parade grounds, it became obvious that the land had once been farmed. In the distance I could see an old sickle and rake which had been left to rust where the farmer had last used them. They had sat so long they were sinking into the sod. I thought that a very sad picture of a way of life that is almost gone.