Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,930 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,930 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is the grave of Robert Park. Born in 1864 in Harveyville, Pennsylvania, Park grew up in Red Wing, Minnesota, where the family moved shortly after his birth. I only know that town from Dylan’s “Walls of Red Wing,” though this town is also known in turns out for being Hamlin Garland’s model for “Middle Border” in his work. He actually met Jesse James on the outlaw’s trip north. Park was a bad student and graduated toward the bottom of his sma…