By Roberta McKern
For The New Era
Mankind – pardon, “humankind” – has ever been inclined to go where the grass is greenest, whether it is on the far side of the hill or not.
Green grass stands for opportunity. In the histories of trails leading west it also has meant fodder for domesticated stock. Certainly this was true for those traveling on the Oregon-California Trail who set out toward the end of April or in…