1. Two Worlds


    Date: 8/8/2015, Categories: Historical, Author: Jonathans_Fantasies, Rating: 21, Source: LushStories

    Travis Michael Dillon had seen enough. He had seen enough bloodshed. He had seen enough suffering. He had seen enough of the war. So in the spring of 1866, he decided to do something about it. The War Between the States had just ended and while President Lincoln had worked to heal the country and reunite it once again prior to his assassination, Travis wanted to get as far away from it as he possibly could. The war had ravaged his small town, his state and his country. It had divided the country and divided families. And far too many of his fellow countrymen had fallen in what to him was a senseless waste of humankind. While Travis Dillon had worn a blue uniform and according to future historians would be on the winning side of the war, to him and many, many others, no one won this war. As soon as he could, Travis put his house, his land, and practically all his personal belongings that he didn't think he would need up for sale and once sold, took the money and boarded the first train headed west. He rode the newly laid rails as far west as they ran in that day... to St Joseph, Missouri. He spent a few days in St. Joseph before resuming his journey, this time by horseback. He had purchased three horses and some other supplies and headed west again. His goal was to reach Fort Laramie, the last US military outpost in the area that he wanted to settle in. He intended to get to that outpost, get the last supplies he needed there, and continue on the last leg of his journey. It ...
    would take him several weeks to make the trip from St Joseph to Fort Laramie, but he hoped to be there in time to stock up on supplies and still get to the area he wanted to settle before it was too late in the year. After six weeks of daily travel, he reached Fort Laramie at last. He rested there at the fort for a week, and had wanted to press on once he re-supplied. However, due to Indian troubles, he was advised not to proceed until the dispute had been settled. So despite his objections and plans, he was forced to stay at the fort for another month. This setback threw his timeline all out of whack. By the time the Indian skirmishes were over, it was too late in the year to head up to his intended area. He would have to clear the land, build a cabin, stock it with firewood for the upcoming winter, lay in his winter's meat, and a whole host of other chores that he simply didn't have the time to do. So much to his dismay, he settled in at the fort to wait until spring. During the winter, Travis had a lot of time on his hands, so he pitched in and began helping around the fort. He befriended an old man who had lived as a trapper in the area for many years. However, he was getting on in years and wasn't as able to get around as well as he used to. The old man taught Travis some of the things he would need to survive in the wilderness. When Travis was younger, before the War, Travis's father taught him how to live in the woods back in Tennessee. He had learned to hunt, fish and ...
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