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Language
English
Description
Sixteen Civil War widows living in St. Louis respond to a series of meetings conducted by a land speculator who lures them west by promising "prime homesteads" in a "booming community." Unbeknownst to them, the speculator's true motive is to find an excuse to bring women to the fledging community of Plum Grove, Nebraska, in hopes they will accept marriage proposals shortly after their arrival! Sparks fly when these unsuspecting widows meet the men...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tony Darrow lost his job at Wagon Wheel Ranch when owner Mark McCarron learned of his past. The cowboy had done time for horse stealing. With Tony out of the way, it looked like Blaise Amory, the country's most respected citizen, was a sure bet to win the love of redheaded Margie, Mark McCarron's daughter. Then Tony played a dangerous hunch. He suspected that Amory was the leader of a vicious outlaw gang stealing land from the U.S. Government. But...
Author
Publisher
[D. Miska]
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Memories, pictures, and articles concerning the homesteaders of the "North Side Pumping Project", near Rupert, Idaho. Lotteries were held for veterans in the 1950's for public lands available for homesteading. Stories of the hardships and joys of these hardy 20th century pioneers.
6) Homesteaders
Author
Publisher
s.n
Pub. Date
200-?]
Language
English
Description
Two versions of a list of homesteaders in the Kirwin, Kansas, area. The first section is a spreadsheet including name, description, plot, and date. The second section is a photocopy of the original typescript recording the same information.
Author
Publisher
Hidden Meadow Press
Pub. Date
�2012
Language
English
Description
"In 1854 all of Union Township, Clay County, Kansas, was part of the Public Domain. By 1894, every parcel in the township had moved from the government into private ownership. This book explores how these 155 settlers obtained their land. It examines various federal programs in the nineteenth century that moved Public Domain land into private hands (homesteading, preemption, railroad grants, school lands, timber culture, military bounties). The chapters...
