The Farmer, Civilization, and Liberty
Civilization began with farming. Artisans, traders, philosophers, and scientists and the historians…
The Doomsday Cookie
Can a cookie save lives? The United States government thought so. In…
Home Alone: Women on the Great Plains
“I had gone to bed one night, but could not sleep. My…
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…
Blizzards: Furies of Nature
Today, the Great Plains is an area of great resources and beauty.…
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…
Bamewawagezhikaquay: The most famous person you never heard of.
I'd like to introduce you to an extraordinary life, that of the…
Hooch and Hell Raisin’: Women Bootleggers
Women bootleggers put men to shame in the days of Prohibition. Women…
Black, Female, and Homesteader
It was tough to be Black in the U.S. in the era…