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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 17: At Gavotte’s Camp

Elinore P. Stewart’s "Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: November 16, 1912…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 18: The Homesteader’s Marriage and a Little Funeral

Elinore P. Stewart’s "Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: December 2, 1912…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 19: The Adventure of the Christmas Tree

Elinore P. Stewart’s "Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: January 6, 1913…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 20: The Joys Of Homesteading

Elinore P. Stewart’s "Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: January 23, 1913…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 21: A Letter Of Jerrine’s

Elinore P. Stewart’s "Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: February 26, 1913…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 22: The Efficient Mrs. O’Shaughnessy

"Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: May 5, 1913 Dear Mrs. Coney,—…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 23: How It Happened

"Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: June 12, 1913 Dear Mrs. Coney,—…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 24: A Little Romance

"Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: October 8, 1913 My dear Friend,—…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 25: Among the Mormons

"Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: November 1913 My dear Friend,— I…

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Letters of a Woman Homesteader 26: Success

"Letters of a Woman Homesteader" continued: November, 1913 Dear Mrs. Coney,— This…

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