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

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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…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Right On, Sister! The Feminization of Farming in North America

There has always been a female face to agriculture: the tough homesteader…

Bonnie Lavigne Bonnie Lavigne

The Tygart Valley Homesteads: Pioneers of the Great Depression

"Two days after Thanksgiving, hospitable Anna Eleanor Roosevelt…motored in a White House…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Dearfield: A Dream Lost to Drought and Depression

It’s a story with a simple, but remarkable, beginning. In 1910 a…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

The Peanut Man: George Washington Carver

"I believe the Great Creator has put oil and ores on this…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

The Blair Colony: Freed Slaves Homesteading in the Dakota Territory

In the space of a few short months, two momentous and highly…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

He Wrote the Book – Oscar Micheaux: The Homesteader

Oscar Micheaux walked the walk, talked the talk, wrote the book, and…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

The Exodusters: The Roots of African American Homesteading

History’s ironies never cease to amaze me. The same day that Abraham…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Gilliard Farms: Snapshots in Time from Black Farmers in America

Down on the southern Georgia coast, there was a time when you…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Homesteaders from Across the Waves: Immigrant Homesteaders

While the question of immigration is on the boil in America, and…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Music Carriers of the Southern Appalachians: Sharing History Through Song

If you’ve ever traveled through the southern Appalachian Mountains, you will immediately…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Peboan and Seegwun (Winter and Spring)

Peboan and Seegwun is a Chippewa allegory.  This is another example of…

Jane Johnston Schoolcraft Jane Johnston Schoolcraft