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The Mountain Men: America’s Original Survivalists
Who were the mountain men? They were the pathfinders of yore, lovers…
The Sweet History of Gingerbread
Who can resist the spicy, sweet smell of freshly baked gingerbread, especially…
The American General Store: A Cover Story
Watch any old movie about rural life, cow towns, farming, or homesteading,…
Making Mead: A Celebration of Our Unified Past
Mead: in the western world, the very word conjures images of warriors…
Turkey Day… or Should It Be “Corn Day”?
I admit, I am very pro-Thanksgiving. What's not to like about Turkey…
The Farmer, Civilization, and Liberty
Civilization began with farming. Artisans, traders, philosophers, and scientists and the historians…
Willa Cather: My Ántonia and the Settlement of the Great Plains
"There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the…
Living to Tell the Homesteading Tale
Life is full of surprises, and few people would have known that…
