Cottonwood Falls

Famous quotes containing the words cottonwood and/or falls:

“Three centuries of piety
Grown bare as a cottonwood tree ...”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“A poor widow, by the name of Baird, has a son in the Army that for some offence has been sentenced to serve a long time without pay, or at most, with very little pay. I do not like this punishment of withholding pay—it falls so very hard upon poor families.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)