Peboan and Seegwun (Winter and Spring)
Peboan and Seegwun is a Chippewa allegory. This is another example of…
How the Ancients Farmed
Mrs. Cro-Magnon just got home with a basket of berries and tubers;…
How Sears Roebuck Helped Homesteading Happen
The year was 1886. Sears Roebuck helped homesteading happen quite by accident,…
Grandma Moses: A Primitive Freshness
She was an octogenarian, an artist, a naturalist, a visionary, a farm…
How to Do Things – 1919 Style
A thoughtful young person in 2019 might ask, “What did people do…
Johnny Appleseed: The Myth and the Man
There are still those who think he was a myth, which is…
From Starvation to Frozen Dinners in a Few Thousand Years: The History of Refrigeration
It was strawberry season again. Strawberries are so good and so inexpensive…
The Corn Story (The Origin of Corn)
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800-1842) also known by her Objibwa name, which is…
Covered Wagons Heading West: Life on the Oregon Trail
Amelia Stewart Knight knew the cross-country journey west would be a rough…
The Origin of the Robin
Publisher's Note: The Origin of the Robin is a Chippewa story. Jane…
Mollie Dorsey Sanford: Frontier Wife, Frontier Life
An intrepid, independent soul, Mollie Dorsey was a homesteader in her teens,…
Homesteading in Appalachia
Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian…