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Greetings, and welcome to a tribute to open land focusing especially on the Northern California communities of Wheeler ‘s and Morningstar . Black Bear has special honors here too. For a time in the early seventies these places were a haven to people who, for whatever different reasons, had come together with a desire to live close to the Earth ~ to "return to their roots" ~ to get "back to the land." They where, and still are, people tied together as a tribe, linked by their experiences on open land ~ kindred spirits that found themselves living much as our pioneer ancestors must have ,without the "luxuries" of electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing. The grinding wheels of laws and "redneck attitudes" where the things that eventually shut the ranches down, but the community spirit and love for the land lives on in the hearts and lives of all that experienced that magical time . These pages are a tribute to that spirit and love. They are created in the hopes that they will be enjoyed, and shared, maybe learned from ~ but most of all they are here to fan that flame that forever burns in our hearts. The flame of Love for our Mother Earth.
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