IT WAS UNASSUMING THEN, SOME 10,000 YEARS AGO —A DESERT SHRUB. BUT IT WAS HARDY AND ESSENTIAL, YAWNING ITS TOOTHSOME SPINES IN THE FACE OF THE HARSH WEST TEXAS ELEMENTS, WITHSTANDING THE HOOVES OF CREATURE AND TIME. “ONE WOULD HARDLY SUSPECT THAT THIS SHRUB ONCE CONSTITUTED ONE OF THE GREAT SEMIARID STAPLES IN OUR STATE, FOR IN ITS REGION, SOTOL WAS MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOOD AND MATERIAL CULTURE THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER PLANT.” SOTOL – THE RAW MATERIAL OF THE FIRST ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EVER CONSUMED IN TEXAS – WAS SIPPED AS EARLY AS 800 YEARS AGO. ALMOST FORGOTTEN, THIS SPIRIT IS RISING. THE COYOTE KNOWS THIS AND GRINS. IT’S WISE TO JOIN HIM.
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