6/2/2023 0 Comments The legend of the bluebonnetDespite the violent ways of men, the hardy flower would grow and thrive and suggest a peaceful, calming effect for all. Forcing him to slow up and focus on nature’s beauty may have had behavioral benefits.Ĭonsidering that Texas Rangers were usually in pursuit of cattle rustlers, murderers, horse thieves, and Comanche on the warpath what an impact the peaceful bluebonnet must have had. The bluebonnets were said to be stirrup high and at times even to impede his progress. The bluebonnets and other wild flowers were once so widespread in Texas that a 19th century Texas Ranger once wrote that he could ride all day and never get off a carpet of wild flowers. These surprisingly hardy flowers grow along the roadside, in pastures, and even in bad soil. As predictable as spring calves in Texas are the coming of bluebonnets.
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