Marc Brown's Buzznet

ah, the Joshua Trees.

Driving through the Mojave last week, I told Laura the story of the Joshua Tree's name. (I was driving very fast, so she couldn't easily jump out.)

The Mormon trailblazers named the crazy yucca trees. To the Mormon pioneers, who believed they were a lost tribe of Israel, the trees looked like the Old Testament warrior Joshua kneeling in the desert and raising his arms to Yahweh to find out which city needed to be raped & burned next.

thank you for that story, kenlayne, i had never really thought about it that much but that's a beautiful story

and marc good for you for making the pilgrimage

U2 would be pleased

I want a Joshua Tree to plant in my yard.

Lookin' good!

How the Mormons thought they could get an image of Joshua out of a Joshua Tree is beyond me. But if I'm not mistaken they are the same folks who believe in sex after death, so I reckon anything is possible. I know one thing for certain, though... Without the Joshua Tree, Hopalong Cassidy westerns would have been a lot less scenic. :-)

just because you see a burning bush - dosnt mean your Moses..........

i liked it!
very nice!

da man !

love the new profile pic !

Great story Ken! I didn't know that.