frontier life
The experience of homesteading in newly settled territories
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Bradley homestead in Wapello County, Iowa
Widow Patty Smith Swett and six children by two husbands were among the first settlers who staked claims in Wapello County near Ottumwa in May…
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Life on the Western Reserve
Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s
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The Meeker Massacre
Social reformer Nathan Meeker was among nine men killed in an uprising of Ute Indians at the White River reservation where he was serving as U.S.…
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