A wooden post in an open field near Hartsel, Colorado, with a small metal sign that reads: “At this very location on April 12, 1861 absolutely nothing happened.” Behind the post is a dry, grassy landscape with a dirt trail and distant pine-covered hills under a clear, deep blue sky. The scene is peaceful and lightly humorous in contrast to the historical date mentioned on the sign.

April 12, 1861: the Civil War begins at Fort Sumter.

Meanwhile, in Hartsel, Colorado…

“Absolutely nothing happened.”

This sign gets me every time — a perfectly dry punchline in the middle of nowhere.

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