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Church, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
A homesteader prays
to a temporary god
to a temporary god
but that's ok
in a temporary way
but for the girl with the dog
wrapped in a blanket
and the bandaged head
sitting on the sidewalk
outside Top Dog
in the rain
at 1:45 a.m.
there is no homestead
though "today
I found out
I'm pregnant" and
"I'm just waiting
for the guy who
did this to me
to go to court
in the morning
and then
if they let him walk,
we're going back up
to Mendocino."
in a temporary way
but for the girl with the dog
wrapped in a blanket
and the bandaged head
sitting on the sidewalk
outside Top Dog
in the rain
at 1:45 a.m.
there is no homestead
though "today
I found out
I'm pregnant" and
"I'm just waiting
for the guy who
did this to me
to go to court
in the morning
and then
if they let him walk,
we're going back up
to Mendocino."
Les Thomas, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Faro Caudill, homesteader, drawing water from his well, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Dugout house of Faro Caudilll, homesteader, with Mt. Allegro in the background, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Jim Norris, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Jim Norris and wife, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Wife of Jim Norris with canned goods, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, tying up cauliflower, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Mr. Leatherman coming out of his dugout house, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Pinto beans, main crop at Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Bill Stagg, homesteader, with pinto beans, main crop at Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Bill Stagg, homesteader, in front of his barn, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Field of beans and farmstead of Bill Stagg, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico: photo by Russell Lee, October 1940
Russell Lee photos from Farm Security Administration Collection, Library of Congress
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