a fence is a fence but the clouds move freely

A brief essay on the origin of four small towns in rural Kansas and Oklahoma, told through each town’s respective water tower. Tall tales, public memorials and roadside signage present in a region shadowed with settler-colonialism, imperial pursuits, identity fictions and the threat of severe weather. A brief essay on the origin of four small towns in rural Kansas and Oklahoma, told through each town’s respective water tower. Tall tales, public memorials and roadside signage present in a region shadowed with settler-colonialism, imperial pursuits, identity fictions and the threat of severe weather. A brief essay on the origin of four small towns in rural Kansas and Oklahoma, told through each town’s respective water tower. Tall tales, public memorials and roadside signage present in a region shadowed with settler-colonialism, imperial pursuits, identity fictions and the threat of severe weather. A brief essay on the origin of four small towns in rural Kansas and Oklahoma, told through each town’s respective water tower. Tall tales, public memorials and roadside signage present in a region shadowed with settler-colonialism, imperial pursuits, identity fictions and the threat of severe weather.