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…
Helen Nearing, Twentieth Century Pioneer
March is Women’s History Month, and it seemed fitting to me that…
Signpost to Simplicity: Wanda Urbanska Points the Way
If you have a television, you’ve probably seen the PBS series, Simple…
The View from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House: A True Pioneer Woman
“The days of wilderness adventure are not past! The pioneer spirit is…
The Tygart Valley Homesteads: Pioneers of the Great Depression
"Two days after Thanksgiving, hospitable Anna Eleanor Roosevelt…motored in a White House…
Dearfield: A Dream Lost to Drought and Depression
It’s a story with a simple, but remarkable, beginning. In 1910 a…
