During regular programs at Pike Lake State Park, Naturalist Matthew Minter frequently interjects all sorts of historical and cultural stories about the natural world.
This story is one about a simple plant that everyone probably has in their yard and the unusual tale of how it got there. The title of the story is âThe White Manâs Footstepâ. Matt also uses modern references and trivia questions to draw his audiences into the story.
So the story starts with his saying: âWhen Columbus discovered the new world, he brought many things back to Europe, but there were three things that attracted a lot of attention: One were some of the native people, who were quite a curiosity in the places where people saw them. The second was something that some of us cannot live without? Chocolate! And the third got the most attention (can you guess what it was?) Gold!