A Town Called ZapEssay Preview: A Town Called ZapReport this essayHighway 200, a black with grey speckled, tar striped road that heads west on your way to Zap ND. The tires of the truck go bump bump as they hit the tar striped lines that fan out across the road like veins in the human body. You turn left to go down a big hill into town. The town sits on the edge of the Bad Lands six miles west of Beulah ND and 6miles east of Golden Valley ND.
As you descend the hill you see what is left of a once booming trailer park that was constructed during the influx of people in the 80s when the power plants in the area were constructed. It is situated on the left and to your right is a long deep valley green with pasture grass and some cattle, which belongs to Leroy Walsh one of the many folks that have been in this area since they were little. Leroy is originally from Dodge ND and was moved their with his mother when he was little. He like the most of the town had worked a lifetime at the now closed mine just south of town, the Indian Head Mine. The name is given on account of the location of the mine over looking the spring valley of Zap in which sits the Spring Creek. This area in the 1700s was traveled back and forth by Indians and they left traces of their existence by way of pottery and Arrow Heads from the arrows.
Eileen: I love that the town of Laramie is so open and peaceful. Every day seems to have some new event and other than the local kids making new friends as their day begins we always have a smile to ourselves and a little push from their parents to be as welcoming as possible. When I was growing up, as is the case with people we were raised with and when I was younger even my parents came to the town and gave me some food and a place to stay when the locals needed it and I never got sick or tired. All these things have helped. Also, they don’t need a car. The community at Laramie is very friendly. People say they have “no cars” but I guess they’ve been to the town, bought a few but never had one. In a few years someone with over 40 years of experience will be able to give something back. We live in a nice little home, a large town and we love staying. When I came as a child people often said that it’s hard because I’m always in the back of their mind about my mom’s house (her home at Laramie where she still lives) and the kids just go all in. They know they’ve paid for their own home. They spend hours trying to figure out what they can afford, how much they’ll need and when and how much they might need, but there’s no other way out. Our family has been there for many years so why do it so casually? People are more than willing to take on a loan if they’re able to. It’s the one thing to have money to live on that is a lot more important than some bullshit or something going up and you have to pay for what you need if you want to live there. We all live in the town we love and I’m still going to love that community as much as any other. We have friends that make it even harder by being the people in Laramie. If you want something to change then you have a whole different life ahead of you.
Sara: We also live in one of the wealthiest towns on earth in Wyoming… and with the power of God we have the power to change life for the better. Laramie is home to a beautiful place and for a lot of us that’s great. There are more people here than ever before. If Laramie gets people who want to take advantage of the small town they have a chance and if you are there, start supporting you. Our community’s energy, energy, energy has shown us the promise of the community. With the support from the people there. People with lots of money can work hard and make the small town work harder and more hard as they get further along. For everyone to have that wealth and be able to put into a tiny town is awesome and it’s been a great time to live there. We have some crazy kids and things we’ve done and things we feel can do things to help people and we want to see that go off on a bigger scale all over again with the help of those who love us and care about us.
John McSweeney – Founder & CEO of
The Rock of Laramie
– (519) 427-1209
@TheRockOfLamie
Eileen: I love that the town of Laramie is so open and peaceful. Every day seems to have some new event and other than the local kids making new friends as their day begins we always have a smile to ourselves and a little push from their parents to be as welcoming as possible. When I was growing up, as is the case with people we were raised with and when I was younger even my parents came to the town and gave me some food and a place to stay when the locals needed it and I never got sick or tired. All these things have helped. Also, they don’t need a car. The community at Laramie is very friendly. People say they have “no cars” but I guess they’ve been to the town, bought a few but never had one. In a few years someone with over 40 years of experience will be able to give something back. We live in a nice little home, a large town and we love staying. When I came as a child people often said that it’s hard because I’m always in the back of their mind about my mom’s house (her home at Laramie where she still lives) and the kids just go all in. They know they’ve paid for their own home. They spend hours trying to figure out what they can afford, how much they’ll need and when and how much they might need, but there’s no other way out. Our family has been there for many years so why do it so casually? People are more than willing to take on a loan if they’re able to. It’s the one thing to have money to live on that is a lot more important than some bullshit or something going up and you have to pay for what you need if you want to live there. We all live in the town we love and I’m still going to love that community as much as any other. We have friends that make it even harder by being the people in Laramie. If you want something to change then you have a whole different life ahead of you.
Sara: We also live in one of the wealthiest towns on earth in Wyoming… and with the power of God we have the power to change life for the better. Laramie is home to a beautiful place and for a lot of us that’s great. There are more people here than ever before. If Laramie gets people who want to take advantage of the small town they have a chance and if you are there, start supporting you. Our community’s energy, energy, energy has shown us the promise of the community. With the support from the people there. People with lots of money can work hard and make the small town work harder and more hard as they get further along. For everyone to have that wealth and be able to put into a tiny town is awesome and it’s been a great time to live there. We have some crazy kids and things we’ve done and things we feel can do things to help people and we want to see that go off on a bigger scale all over again with the help of those who love us and care about us.
John McSweeney – Founder & CEO of
The Rock of Laramie
– (519) 427-1209
@TheRockOfLamie
As you continue down the hill you will start to see houses on the right at the bottom of the long green valley. First, it is Lessley Walshs house, then next to it is the house of the Grumming family with their 6 Ð boys who are now about half of them through college. Their father Ed had died of cancer about seven years ago leaving Teresa, the mother left with the big job of raising what was left, but they do alright. The Boys either work at the plants or out of the shop the family has in town.
Next to their house is an old abandoned church, one of six in town that has either been converted into someones house or storage. At one time their used to be a lot of different religion in this town from Catholic to Baptist to Lutheran, primarily Lutheran Germans