Almost Pioneers One Couple's Homesteading Adventure in the West

Name: Almost Pioneers One Couple's Homesteading Adventure in the West
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ISBN: 9780762784394

ISBN-10: 0762784393

ISBN-13: 9780762784394

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Authors: John J. Fry

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In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy—some might say foolhardy—decision to homestead in Wyoming. There, they built their first house, a claim shanty half dug out of the ground, hauled every drop of their water from a spring over a half-mile away, and fought off rattlesnakes and boredom on a daily basis. Soon, other families moved to nearby homesteads, and the Smiths built a house closer to those neighbors. The growing community built its first public schoolhouse and celebrated the Fourth of July together—although the festivities were cut short because of snow.By 1917, however, the Smiths had moved back to Iowa, leasing their land to a local rancher…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 8/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Foreword




Wyoming



Diamond Station



The Big Pasture



Making Plans



On the Prairie



Cheyenne



The Caster Family



The First Fall



Mellie Baker



Snow



Spring 1914



Homesteading



The Funeral



Home Life



The Diamond Ranch



Fall and Winter 1914



Visitors



Harvests



Alone



Ladies Aid Club



The Preacher on the Prairie



Protracted Meeting



Dance and Election


Epilogue


Afterword



Appendix: Laura Gibson Smith in Conversation with Other Western Women Writers


Index


About the Editor