“What about the Last Man’s Club?” “Kathryn—” “When they signed that charter in Dalhart, you said you’da signed it if you could’ve. Bunch of pussyfooted quitters, those suitcase farmers. But we’re real. The last men of Boise City, you said. We’d never leave.”
The Last Man's Club was a real organization started by Dalhart newspaper man John McCarty. Vowing to outlast the dust, McCarty made a pledge to remain in the Panhandle and encouraged others to do the same. Members joined by reciting a pledge to "stay here as the last man and [to] do everything I can to help other men remain in this country. We promise to stay here until hell freezes over and skate out on the ice."
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