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)

“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)

“As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 26:11.

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