Brassica: The Queen of Greens
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Can You Double-Dig It? The Teachings of Rudolf Steiner
In the fall of 1980, I found myself on a hillside in…
The Tygart Valley Homesteads: Pioneers of the Great Depression
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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
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Helen Nearing, Twentieth Century Pioneer
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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…
Music Carriers of the Southern Appalachians: Sharing History Through Song
If you’ve ever traveled through the southern Appalachian Mountains, you will immediately…