Prairie Dog Colonies

Famous quotes containing the words prairie dog, prairie, dog and/or colonies:

    “To the cry of “follow Mormons and prairie dogs and find good land,” Civil War veterans flocked into Nebraska, joining a vast stampede of unemployed workers, tenant farmers, and European immigrants.”
    —For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring
    In the days of long ago,
    Ranged where the locomotives sing
    And the prairie flowers lie low:—”
    —Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

    “If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater ... suggest that he wear a tail.”
    —Fran Lebowitz (b. 1951)

    “What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)