Amelia Stewart Knight knew the cross-country journey west would be a rough one; it was not for the weak or…
Publisher's Note: The Origin of the Robin is a Chippewa story. Jane Johnston Schoolcraft said that all the Chippewa of her…
An intrepid, independent soul, Mollie Dorsey was a homesteader in her teens, a gold rusher in her twenties, worked as…
Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian mountaineers were, and are, an admirable people who…
There were a lot of reasons for Americans to head West after the Civil War, with the Homestead Acts initiated…
“Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner…
Okay, raise your hand if you have ever used a privy. My guess is that many over a certain age…
Clearly, it was not the best day in Daniel Freeman's life. He'd been on the trail for over three weeks,…
I admit, I am very pro-Thanksgiving. What's not to like about Turkey Day? On what other holiday can we get…
A girl about the age of twelve, sporting a French beret, stands to the side with her face tilted, looking…