Under the Homestead Act of 1862 and its revisions, over 1 million applicants received a plot of land from the Federal government. Thousands of the...
October 6, 1911 Dear Mrs. Coney, … Aggie was angry all through. She vowed she was being robbed. After she had berated me soundly for submitting so...
Zebulon Pike Parker shares his story from home, then a frightening storm is followed by a beautiful sunrise.
The Elinore Rupert series continues with a family tragedy, a young girl's industry, and a sewing bee.