Willa Cather: My Ántonia and the Settlement of the Great Plains
"There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the…
Living to Tell the Homesteading Tale
Life is full of surprises, and few people would have known that…
A Woman in No Man’s Land: Caroline Henderson, Homesteader
No one knows, or will ever fully understand, why Caroline Henderson, nee…
Matilda Jackson: Making a Home on the Last Frontier
Sometimes the best plans go awry, and for intrepid female Matilda Glover…
The Tygart Valley Homesteads: Pioneers of the Great Depression
"Two days after Thanksgiving, hospitable Anna Eleanor Roosevelt…motored in a White House…
Covered Wagons Heading West: Life on the Oregon Trail
Amelia Stewart Knight knew the cross-country journey west would be a rough…
Mollie Dorsey Sanford: Frontier Wife, Frontier Life
An intrepid, independent soul, Mollie Dorsey was a homesteader in her teens,…
A Town Named Audacious and African American Homesteaders
“Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in…
The First Homesteader: Daniel Freeman
Clearly, it was not the best day in Daniel Freeman's life. He'd…
Medical Folkways in America – Part Two: What’s in Your Bottle?
In Medical Folkways in America – Part One: Maggots, Hairballs, and Eels, we…