History

Homesteading History articles collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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The Farmer, Civilization, and Liberty

Civilization began with farming. Artisans, traders, philosophers, and scientists and the historians…

Alexander Craig Alexander Craig

The Doomsday Cookie

Can a cookie save lives? The United States government thought so. In…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Home Alone: Women on the Great Plains

“I had gone to bed one night, but could not sleep. My…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Willa Cather: My Ántonia and the Settlement of the Great Plains

"There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Living to Tell the Homesteading Tale

Life is full of surprises, and few people would have known that…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Blizzards: Furies of Nature

Today, the Great Plains is an area of great resources and beauty.…

Dorothy Rieke Dorothy Rieke

A Woman in No Man’s Land: Caroline Henderson, Homesteader

No one knows, or will ever fully understand, why Caroline Henderson, nee…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Matilda Jackson: Making a Home on the Last Frontier

Sometimes the best plans go awry, and for intrepid female Matilda Glover…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Helen Nearing, Twentieth Century Pioneer

March is Women’s History Month, and it seemed fitting to me that…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Bamewawagezhikaquay: The most famous person you never heard of.

I'd like to introduce you to an extraordinary life, that of the…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

Hooch and Hell Raisin’: Women Bootleggers

Women bootleggers put men to shame in the days of Prohibition. Women…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Black, Female, and Homesteader

It was tough to be Black in the U.S. in the era…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott