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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…
Right On, Sister! The Feminization of Farming in North America
There has always been a female face to agriculture: the tough homesteader…
The Tygart Valley Homesteads: Pioneers of the Great Depression
"Two days after Thanksgiving, hospitable Anna Eleanor Roosevelt…motored in a White House…
Dearfield: A Dream Lost to Drought and Depression
It’s a story with a simple, but remarkable, beginning. In 1910 a…
The Blair Colony: Freed Slaves Homesteading in the Dakota Territory
In the space of a few short months, two momentous and highly…
He Wrote the Book – Oscar Micheaux: The Homesteader
Oscar Micheaux walked the walk, talked the talk, wrote the book, and…
The Exodusters: The Roots of African American Homesteading
History’s ironies never cease to amaze me. The same day that Abraham…
Gilliard Farms: Snapshots in Time from Black Farmers in America
Down on the southern Georgia coast, there was a time when you…
Homesteaders from Across the Waves: Immigrant Homesteaders
While the question of immigration is on the boil in America, and…
Music Carriers of the Southern Appalachians: Sharing History Through Song
If you’ve ever traveled through the southern Appalachian Mountains, you will immediately…