| 单词 | homesteader |
| 例句 | “Good day, Miss Brooks. How is the homesteader today?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And so the spring passed—me making a fool of myself in class, the herders butting heads with the homesteaders, Ma tinkering up a storm. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Her brother had gone out to Montana himself and assured her this was the text any homesteader must have for farming in eastern prairie country. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I was probably going to be the first homesteader ever to die from extreme stupidity. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Her gray-brown homesteader’s dress was the color of her subject. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He offered $15 an installment, “preferably monthly,” until my claim was proved up and I was no longer a homesteader. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I narrated my college life in exacting detail to both my parents like a homesteader dutifully providing dispatches from the frontier. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I entered Miss Volker’s living room she was standing in front .of the needlepoint map of Norvelt and looking over the small number of surviving original homesteaders. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Cora couldn’t tell what feature of the landscape had persuaded the homesteaders to plant their futures, fertile earth or water or vistas. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She gave all she could, but she couldn’t support so many homesteaders. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Tennessee’s disasters were the fruit of indifferent nature, without connection to the crimes of the homesteaders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The shopkeeper told Ridgeway that homesteaders had started the fire while trying to clear some scrub. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Conway was the author of two memoirs about their lives as homesteaders. In the Footsteps of Charles Darwin 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z So things are not looking great for the little band of nouveau-agrarian homesteaders in “The Upper Room” at the New Ohio Theater. Review: In ‘The Upper Room,’ Homesteaders Living an Eco-Nightmare 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Along the way, an old hay barn and sawmill speak to the bygone homesteader and miner days in the region. Leaf Peeping Is Not Canceled: 6 Drives and Hikes to Try This Fall 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Maxim Loskutoff, a former student of David Foster Wallace’s, begins “Come West and See: Stories” with a devastating story about a homesteader and a bear. 17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z How illusory that promise was became apparent within a few years, as homesteaders in neighboring canyons began clamoring for a right of way along his family’s beach. Review: ‘The King and Queen of Malibu,’ a History of Paradise 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Like many homesteaders on the plains in the late 19th century, Charles Ingalls tried repeatedly to acquire land and create a profitable farm that would provide a home for his family. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Fish is providing a stark illumination that allows those homesteaders we once thought were so wholesome no place to hide, even when it’s pitch dark. Review: There’s a Dark, Golden Haze in This Reclaimed ‘Oklahoma!’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Some of the pieces I read have a joking tone, with descriptions of fearless dachshunds and urban homesteader types alike noshing on unique sources of protein. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z These dishes are a far cry from what the homesteader, who is half Sicangu Lakota, ate growing up in Minneapolis. Envisioning indigenous food sovereignty as "a whole ecosystem" 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z In each of the book’s three sections — Missouri, Detroit, and Montana — these homesteaders show us how the other other half lives. A book for Luddite-curious city dwellers: Mark Sundeen's 'The Unsettlers' 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Smith turned a 70-year-old homesteader shack in the Mojave Desert into a temporary installation, outfitted with mirrors and interior LEDs. Review | In the galleries: ‘Archiving Eden’ exhibition sprouts interest with macro photos 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The neighbors assumed that its new owner was planning to build a house — another homesteader, or a speculator, or maybe someone with roots finally coming home. In the Lower Ninth Ward, an Artist Renews His Purpose 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z ‘PROVING UP’ The composer Missy Mazzoli and the librettist Royce Vavrek’s follow-up to their bleakly beautiful “Breaking the Waves” is also gloomy, based on a short story about Nebraska homesteaders after the Civil War. Classical Fall Preview: Debuts, Premieres, a New Philharmonic Maestro 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Cordwood masonry — which combines logs laid widthwise, instead of bricks, with mortar to build a wall —harks back to the area’s early homesteaders, whose barn raisings bound settlers together. The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in Kalamazoo 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Along backcountry roads more travelers are finding adventure through rustic enlightenment, according to industry professionals and current homesteaders. For Taste of Farm Life, There’s No Place Like a Homestead 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Hagstrom, who grew up on his father’s farm in Wilton, N.D., and whose grandparents were homesteaders, describes his audience as more likely to be people who represent farmers, rather than farmers themselves. How reporters for niche publications conquered Capitol Hill 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The regulars include a lot of German Baptist families who come in to do a big batch of something or homesteaders and moms “who want to know what’s in the can.” Public canneries help food lovers save the season. So why are they disappearing? 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z He called that company Homestead Modern — acknowledging the area’s history as a D.I.Y. homesteader’s paradise and nodding to the architectural movement that had spread so many glass-and-steel structures throughout the stark lunar landscape at midcentury. In the Desert With Jackrabbits and Clint Eastwood 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z They live in a century-old homesteader’s cabin by the West Boulder River. Back at the Ranch, Thomas McGuane Has a New Novel 2010-10-20T16:23:00Z I loved stories of the early pioneers, the hardships, delights and disaster narratives of homesteaders. Samantha Hunt: By the Book 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z You’re a newcomer to the valley if your great-great-grandfather was not a homesteader or if the road you live on does not bear your family’s name. Montana on my mind: It’s not just about the fish, really 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z As homesteader, activist and author Dominic Lamontagne told us, "Since everyone benefits from the act of eating, everyone should be pitching in." Local food is not enough — we need a sustainable transition in the food system 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z “Proving Up” is, like “Breaking the Waves,” based on a nightmarish tale, this one a short story by Karen Russell about homesteaders in Nebraska after the Civil War struggling with the American dream. A New ‘Horror Opera’ Opens Miller Theater’s Next Season 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z This excellent biography explores Ingalls’s childhood and rise to prominence, and refreshes our understanding of American history, from Native Americans to the homesteaders who displaced them. New in Paperback: ‘Prairie Fires,’ ‘Cockfosters’ 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The Maine homesteader, who earned a doctorate in education at Harvard, introduced the country to yurts after reading about the Mongolian buildings in a National Geographic article from 1962. Why be a square? Yurts offer vacationers adventure-in-the-round. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Today, she and her family are primarily homesteaders, working on a seven-acre plot of land 45 minutes north of Little Rock. Can YouTube give farmers a financial boost? 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Since the late 1800s, the U.S. government has appropriated much of the original tribal lands associated with the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota for railroads and white homesteaders. Land grab cheats North Dakota tribes out of $1 billion, suits allege 2013-02-25T19:43:00Z The son of a Kentucky slave, Micheaux worked as a railway porter and homesteader before he went on to write, direct and produce more than 40 films, beginning in 1918. The slow rise of black cinema 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z He wants to avoid the preciousness of the Brooklyn homesteaders. Phish’s Art Director Calls Four Shipping Containers Home 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z A homesteader would have chosen that site because he needed the water. Into the West 2010-05-01T04:00:00Z And whether its school children, city apartment dwellers, or homesteaders in North Carolina, home fungi cultivation offers an approachable way to do just that. The rising interest in growing mushrooms at home 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The day we visited, it was a dry, Champagne-style sparkling perry made with seedling pears likely harvested from trees planted by the island’s early homesteaders. Day Tripper: No time for a wine-country overnight? Spend the day sipping on Vashon. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s 1915 California, and Adelaide, a young Black woman, flees for Montana after her parents die, hoping to become a homesteader. 14 Books Coming in March 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z To Mr. Secor and his cohorts, living as hardy homesteaders was part of committing their imaginations to traditional music. Old Crow Medicine Show Looks to the Future While Picking at the Past 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z This story collection "brings to life a rough-and- tumble family of Alaska homesteaders through a series of linked stories," says the publisher. Local books: Alaska stories, a steampunk saga 2011-09-26T23:52:05Z In 1755, the Pennsylvania homesteader Thomas Polk settled at the intersection of two trading paths used by North Carolina’s Catawba Indians. 36 Hours in Charlotte, N.C. 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Land Rush Would-be homesteaders brave the Alaskan wilderness in this new unscripted series. Tuesday's TV highlights: The 2015 MLB All-Star Game and more 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Some are short and pleasant, including interpretive trails past homesteader cabins near the lodge. Hiking into Stehekin has sweet rewards (such as a bakery) 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z At the cabin, they find strange symbols on a wall that might be related to a local legend about homesteaders who were doomed to live forever off human flesh. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Author Melinda Moustakis is currently a visiting assistant professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, but she was born in Fairbanks and her grandparents were Alaskan homesteaders. Alaska books: Bearing down on hope, survival 2011-12-01T00:43:04Z This includes crops virtually unknown to 19th-century homesteaders — including Chinese pears, hardy kiwi and Japanese heart nuts. Perspective | The key to a family farming renaissance? Niche crops. 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z While divided over Bigfoot’s existence, skeptical homesteaders and First Nations believers alike agree that as far as the outer world is concerned, they may as well be Sasquatch themselves. These 5 audiobooks will change your mind about Bigfoot 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z It all goes back to her father, Isaac Newton, the homesteader, and his perennial financial problems. The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Many of the homesteaders have taken in friends and relatives who lost homes nearby. Native Hawaiian neighborhood survived Maui fire. Lahaina locals praise its cultural significance 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z And while the movie portrays the Manhattan Project’s Trinity testing site in south-central New Mexico as remote, the land was inhabited by Hispanic and Native American ranchers and homesteaders. Warner Bros. is sorry for supporting 'insensitive' ‘Barbenheimer’ memes as #NoBarbenheimer trends in Japan 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The land acquired by the U.S. government to build and test the bomb was occupied, as was the 150-mile radius surrounding the Trinity Test — areas settled predominantly by Hispanic and Native American ranchers and homesteaders. Oppenheimer's test site wasn't remote. It was populated by Hispanos and Native Americans 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z About 46 million American adults descend from those homesteaders. For Black Americans, a Long Road to Reparations 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Those homesteaders might have been pioneers, but they can also be understood as recipients of the ultimate handout. Opinion | How ditching America’s ‘bootstraps’ myth can open up politics 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z His group connected garden hoses and he broke down a homesteader’s fence to keep the fire out of the community, he said. Native Hawaiian neighborhood survived Maui fire. Lahaina locals praise its cultural significance 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Big Sur has inspired poets and artists, lured homesteaders, hermits and hippies, and drawn millions of tourists each year. In Big Sur, Living With Nature’s Beauty but Trapped by Its Fury 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z That these would-be homesteaders have low economic status is not insignificant. How 'The Territory' documents what may be a last stand for the rainforest 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z In my interviews on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation, elder Raymond Clown told me that his family came out of their cabin one morning to discover Norwegian-speaking homesteaders unloading a wagon in their front yard. My Thanksgiving: How testifying for Native Americans made me a witness to history 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z The rigors of this new way of life presented many challenges and difficulties to homesteaders. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Huge dust storms called black blizzards made life unbearable, and the once-hopeful homesteaders left in droves. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z This method is very popular with apartment dwellers and homesteaders alike. How to make compost (because it's not hard) 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z “He was an interesting character,” one local homesteader recalled, “if you could detach yourself from the fact that he owed you money.” How a family secret (or two) led a Seattle attorney to his grandfather’s Alaskan ghost town 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z On the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation, elder Raymond Clown told me that his family came out of their cabin one morning to discover Norwegian-speaking homesteaders unloading a wagon in their front yard. My Thanksgiving: How testifying for Native Americans made me a witness to history 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z The land was dry and barren, and homesteaders lost crops to hail, droughts, insect swarms, and more. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z It was easy to guess which of the invading homesteaders worked secretly for the land-grabbers. The War for the Rainforest 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Wave after wave of homesteaders pushed across the land toward the Pacific Ocean. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But if the homesteaders failed to do anything "useful" with it within five years, the rights to the land reverted back to the government. Why doesn’t every big box store have rooftop solar? 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Nooksack members must trace their families back to a certain group of homesteaders or a 1942 census, Cline says, contending the 306 descend from a related band based in Canada and meet neither criteria. Nooksack members targeted with disenrollment face eviction by tribe as feds investigate 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Much rougher in character and riskier in outcomes than farming, these two opportunities brought forward a different breed of settler than the homesteaders. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Legitimate homesteaders had to band together to keep their equipment intact and their buildings from being burned by thugs. The War for the Rainforest 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z After the transcontinental railroad was built, thousands of homesteaders built new homes on the Great Plains and beyond. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Such majestic grasslands once blanketed a quarter of North America, before homesteaders began plowing up the earth to plant those amber waves of grain. Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The park’s former namesake, a homesteader named Patrick Beegan, was accused of murdering multiple Native Americans, according to the state parks agency. California renames park at request of Yurok Tribe 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z These mud homes were vulnerable to weather and vermin, making life incredibly hard for the newly arrived homesteaders. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The park was named after a homesteader, Patrick Beegan, who was accused of murdering Native Americans, the department said. Squaw Valley Resort, Acknowledging ‘Racist and Sexist’ Name, Changes It 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Other homesteaders used a farming method called dry farming. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In California, a state park named Patrick's Point may soon revert to its original tribal name, Sue-meg, after it was revealed its name derived from a homesteader accused of murdering Native women. California ski resort changes offensive Native American name 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Hannigan also learned that in 1881, at the age of 58, she married Harvey Clark, a Black homesteader and widower from South Carolina. How a forgotten Black activist fueled a California city's racial reckoning 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z While John Deere sold a steel-faced plow as early as 1838, it was James Oliver’s improvements to the device in the late 1860s that transformed life for homesteaders. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z She said the stillness evoked memories of her childhood on a farm started by her grandparents, who were among the point’s original Icelandic homesteaders. A U.S. town marooned at the tip of a Canadian peninsula 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Many homesteaders adapted the land to their own needs. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z High Plains homesteaders settled on land so dry it was essentially a desert. Farmers trying to save the Ogallala Aquifer seeing success 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims. Today in History 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z While homesteaders were often families, gold speculators and cowboys tended to be single men in pursuit of fortune. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z As a homesteader on 20 acres of Missouri land a dozen years ago, Chamberlain canned garden produce over a camp stove and watched her husband ferment vegetables in a corner crock. Fermenti Foods fights food insecurity with fermentation 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Some homesteaders gave up and went home, while others moved on to the growing cities on the West Coast. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By resolving ownership ambiguity in favor of homesteaders, Glidden's invention transformed the Great Plains. Why you don't own the right to recline in your airplane seat 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Some keep up eligibility via commercial cattle operations, like those on ranches run by the descendants of some Jackson Hole homesteaders. Wyoming ranchers lean on tax break to keep pricey properties 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z But those animals were not as relentlessly pursued by homesteaders, ranchers, farmers and developers. Trump strips protections for endangered gray wolves 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z A stone cabin that was constructed in 1900 by the original homesteader remains on the land and will help tell the story of the land, the trust said. Ranch along Verde River added to Prescott National Forest 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z I found out that an early homesteader whose old house foundation was on the hike had become a wealthy businessman. Perspective | A look at the shovels you need in your arsenal and how to clean them 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z One of the first was built in 1929, by Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders who constructed a masjid in Ross, N.D., a mosque that still exists today. I’m a Muslim and Arab American. Will I Ever Be an Equal Citizen? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z She has come a long way from the newly minted homesteader of Bear Creek. Living off the land: the new sisterhood of Black female homesteaders 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In the 1890s, a trickle of intrepid homesteaders began arriving here. Opinion | How Farmers Got Florida to ‘Swipe Ripe’ 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The homesteader will be required to live there for 3 years once the place in habitable. Town offers fixer-uppers to reduce blight, bring in taxes 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z But it is quite an achievement for the homesteader whose family arrived a year after her father filed on the land near Elk Creek, about 45 miles north of Gillette. Wyoming woman turns 105, looks back on homestead days 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z For the American legal system, there was one immense difference between these Muslim homesteaders and the descendants of enslaved Muslims: the question of race. I’m a Muslim and Arab American. Will I Ever Be an Equal Citizen? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The gardening itch, combined with the increased challenges of managing her health needs while working a structured and stressful 9-to-5, led her to quit her job and become a full-time homesteader. Living off the land: the new sisterhood of Black female homesteaders 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z McMurray’s Hatchery noted a rise in “homesteaders types,” or buyers with small farms and acreage who want to raise their own meat sources. People rush to raise backyard chickens amid egg shortages, coronavirus concerns 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z But many of these are not homesteaders from outside the Far East; instead, they are locals, including many officials, who simply want to build a vacation home. ‘Here I Can Be My Own Dictator’ 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Fred Davis, father of former Gillette mayor Cliff Davis, knew of some land in Campbell County still available to homesteaders. Wyoming woman turns 105, looks back on homestead days 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Married homesteaders stop at a Texas hotel, where he loses big at poker and she takes his place. Movies on TV this week: March 15: 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' on Freeform; Raiders of the Lost Ark and more 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The challenge is that Johnson is a landless homesteader, renting land to carry out her homesteading activities. Living off the land: the new sisterhood of Black female homesteaders 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Two years earlier the homesteader and his oldest son, Walter, had been questioned on “suspicion of insanity” and discharged. Montana sheriff’s 1920 shooting set off posse gun battle 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z On this date in 1912, Mrs. Julia Caldwell, an aged homesteader, was badly beaten and driven from her claim near Phoenix by a claim jumper who then hauled away her little cabin. Arizona history Jan. 26-Feb. 1 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The Stephensons, though, never left, even in the difficult years of the Great Depression that forced many homesteaders to sell their cattle and land. Wyoming woman turns 105, looks back on homestead days 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Lewis the homesteader died in the early 1900s and was buried at the cemetery. On an Odessa farm, signs of a forgotten black cemetery 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The two are racing against time to preserve a slice of homesteader history: The apple trees are old, and many are dying. Apple sleuths hunt Northwest for varieties believed extinct 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Another story said the sheriff’s vehicle ran out of gas as he fled the homesteader shack, the gas slowly leaking from a hole in the tank caused by the shotgun blast. Montana sheriff’s 1920 shooting set off posse gun battle 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z An ex-gunfighter sides with Wyoming homesteaders against a ruthless cattle baron. Movies on TV this week: 'Casablanca,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Terminator' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Channel your inner homesteader and trot over to Egg|Plant Urban Farm Supply , which sells all sorts of seeds, kits, books and tools for the inspired city gardener. You’re going where? St. Paul, Minn. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z An Indian scout attempts to escort a homesteader’s wife and her son back to safety after her husband deserts her during an Apache attack. Movies on TV for Oct. 6-12: 'Throne of Blood' and more 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z In another, he located a descendant of a homesteader with a gigantic orchard by finding a family history she posted online. Apple sleuths hunt Northwest for varieties believed extinct 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Headlines trumpeted: “Sheriff shot by maniac who was burned in shack,” “Posse fires cabin of demented homesteader” and “Insane man cremated in cabin after battle.” Montana sheriff’s 1920 shooting set off posse gun battle 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z What follows are tales of six urban homesteaders and how they personalized their chicken coops, in budgets that ranged from $750 to $14,000. Designer chicken coops: From chandeliers to AC, how some L.A. owners pamper their pets 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z He ran for president last year exhorting homesteaders to stake their claim by cutting or burning. How Trump’s trade wars are fueling the Amazon fires | Art Cullen 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z He said the ranch is an archaeological site used both by American Indian tribes and by former homesteader and owner Billy Mitchell. Wilderness advocates question Idaho Fish and Game airstrip 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The West is a saga of God and commerce, homesteaders and cowboys, politicians and opportunists, wagon trains and slaughtered natives, grizzlies and coyotes, and mesas, buttes and gorges. Review: The American West is dying. Christopher Ketcham's 'This Land' is a rallying cry to save it 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Much of her work dealt with stock rustling, settling homesteader quarrels over boundaries and serving hundreds of foreclosures as homesteaders plagued by drought, wheat blight and mortgage debt went bust. Montana sheriff’s 1920 shooting set off posse gun battle 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z So why do urban homesteaders endure heartache, illness and loss? Designer chicken coops: From chandeliers to AC, how some L.A. owners pamper their pets 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z From journals, diaries, ship’s logs, historical newspaper accounts and more, Murray mines first looks at the wild forests, seas and rivers of the peninsula by explorers, loggers, homesteaders and others. A book originally published in the 1950s gives a crucial glimpse of explorers, loggers and homesteaders of Puget Sound 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z In the early 20th century, white homesteaders pressured the federal government to open up unused lands of Fort Peck to non-Native settlement. ‘I Feel Invisible’: Native Students Languish in Public Schools 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Meanwhile the community of other young homesteaders they’d imagined never materialized. Back to the land: are young farmers the new starving artists? 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z County commissioners offered her the job in the wake of a bizarre tragedy - the shooting of her husband, 37-year-old Sheriff Jesse Garfield, by a mentally unstable homesteader. Montana sheriff’s 1920 shooting set off posse gun battle 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z A homesteader cabin burned to the ground, sacred sites such as burial grounds were plowed over, and a rock where tribal members gave birth was stuck by a bulldozer. Report rips expensive decisions in California wildfire fight 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z We already install such shelters in tornado-prone areas of the midwest, where root cellars once saved homesteaders from both fire and funnels. How to survive wildfires: let’s do as nature does 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z To “Connor,” a homesteader in southern Colorado, the negotiation process felt “like having a second job.” Colorado voters will weigh in on drilling distances from homes and schools 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z “I have dug graves, helped bury some 100 old-timers that were homesteaders,” an elderly resident wrote. The Water Wars of Arizona 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Nicodemus, in Kansas, founded in the 1870s, is the best-known black homesteader settlement and the oldest one west of the Mississippi. Opinion | The disappearing story of the black homesteaders who pioneered the West 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “One of the things that I just love is listening to the early homesteaders, how rugged they were and just resourceful,” she said. Retired teacher works to save Salcha’s scattered history 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z It was established in 1872 to encourage farmers and homesteaders to plant trees to provide shade, shelter, food, fuel and beauty to open areas. New York state giving $2.2 million for forestry projects 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z But first she must find her “daughter,” the child programmed into her memory back when Maeve was assigned to a homesteader narrative. Fun and head games, terror and bloody revolt in ‘Westworld’s’ smart, action-packed season two 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z These enormous corporations were descending on the valley for the same reason homesteaders had a century ago: the year-round growing season and the lax regulation. The Water Wars of Arizona 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Some black homesteaders, former slaves, tried to settle on public lands in the South, but relentless white violence mostly defeated them. Opinion | The disappearing story of the black homesteaders who pioneered the West 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z For a few years, the community, 40 miles south of Fairbanks, celebrated Salcha Pioneer Day, inviting early homesteaders to visit the school. Retired teacher works to save Salcha’s scattered history 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Unlike most towns that cropped up to support a coal mine, timber mill or railroad, Jay Em was created for homesteaders. Coalition of caretakers keeping Wyoming’s ghost towns alive 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z It was established by African-American homesteaders in 1907 in Cherry County. Talk scheduled on historic African American homesteader town 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Not far away, the same pressures threaten the unincorporated Snowden community, another freedmen’s settlement where most of the families are descendants of the first homesteaders. South Carolina editorial roundup 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Black homesteaders faced challenges common to the pioneer era in the West, when the harsh climate made agricultural life precarious. Opinion | The disappearing story of the black homesteaders who pioneered the West 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z It was a mix of trailers, trucks, old farm equipment and homesteader shacks. Fear of the Federal Government in the Ranchlands of Oregon 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Charley had read about land being offered to homesteaders in Arkansas while reading the newspaper. Katrosh family tied to land in life and death 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z “She’s a homesteader, so we grew half of what we cooked,” she said. Fayetteville restaurant thinking big with oversized pizza 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The Navy purchased the land on Indian Island from homesteaders in 1939 and began setting up shop on the island seven months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Pacific Northwest naval island acts as ‘logistical backbone’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z At the Empire colony in Wyoming, the family of one homesteader, Baseman Taylor, sought his admission to a state asylum in 1913 when they became concerned about his deepening mental instability. Opinion | The disappearing story of the black homesteaders who pioneered the West 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z That week, Cronin was out at his summer range, deep in the Malheur National Forest with his cows, sleeping in an old homesteader’s cabin. Fear of the Federal Government in the Ranchlands of Oregon 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z It held space for homesteaders and heifers instead of howling wolves. The great rewilding 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “We are one or two generations past knowing the answers. But they were built primarily by Germans and Swedes - by early homesteaders, some going back as the 1850s.” Stone relics in Kansas gain popularity 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Kalina said the command is also focused on fostering a good relationship with the S’Klallam Tribe, which predated the homesteaders on the island and lived side-by-side with them for a time. Pacific Northwest naval island acts as ‘logistical backbone’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Nicodemus in northwestern Kansas was the largest black homesteader colony, with 300 to 400 settlers living there in the 1880s. Opinion | The disappearing story of the black homesteaders who pioneered the West 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “We are one or two generations past knowing the answers. But they were built primarily by Germans and Swedes – by early homesteaders, some going back as the 1850s.” Stone relics in Kansas gain popularity 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z In July, the council directed staff to explore more options for preserving the tree, planted by homesteader George Rogers, other than cutting it to 2- or 8-foot heights or planting a replacement tree. Laguna Beach may clone beloved, 135-year tree to save it 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z He was born in the rugged sagebrush country of eastern Oregon, the great-grandson of a homesteader who moved there from Germany in the late 1860s during a gold rush in the state. A two-decade crusade by conservative charities fueled Trump’s exit from Paris climate accord 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Features: The original deed to Spring Lakes Farm was granted to homesteader Charles Wood in 1894. 12 great homes for sale near national parks 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Today about a dozen descendants of Nicodemus homesteaders still reside there. Opinion | The disappearing story of the black homesteaders who pioneered the West 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Brown, 33, owns about 1,300 cattle on 93 square miles of ranchland that gradually slopes up from creek beds into foothills marked by remnants of original homesteader settlements. Massive wildfires turned prairies to ash, leading Montana’s cowboys to weigh federal help 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Wilder wrote the “Little House” series about 19th Century homesteaders in the Midwest, and the books formed the basis for the long-running television show. Laura Ingalls Wilder butter statue coming to Iowa State Fair 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Miners, soldiers and homesteaders attacked them, and the federal government forced them into a small section of the Grand Canyon and would not let them live elsewhere. In the Grand Canyon, uranium mining threatens a tribe's survival 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Homestead Rescue Survival expert and craftsman Marty Raney, along with his son and daughter, return to live off the grid as a homesteader as this fascinating unscripted series begins a new season. Wednesday's TV highlights: 'The F Word With Gordon Ramsay' on Fox 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z No buildings or markers indicate that black homesteaders once lived at Empire in Wyoming or the Sully County Colored Colony in South Dakota. Opinion | The disappearing story of the black homesteaders who pioneered the West 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Harrison was known as the first African-American homesteader in the county, and a Pauma Valley road still bears his name. Yearbooks recalled after racial slur noticed on cover 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Klapp as a homesteader at the time contributed to the 2.5 million pounds of pinto beans that were annually harvested and shipped from central New Mexico. New Mexico to honor dryland farming pioneer 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z These were lowered with mechanical equipment and in their mute gravitas represent a time when these Jewish homesteaders faced the task of breaking the prairie of McIntosh County for the first time. Ashley Jewish cemetery gets rededication 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z “That was mixing in with the old homesteader community — there was a bit of a culture war that was getting built into the town system,” he said. Inclusivity measure stirs debate in Alaska fishing town 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z “We definitely did give the beginning a ‘space western’ feel – a homesteader and his family confronted by a group of bad men on a desolate plain.” From 'Arrival' to 'Moonlight' to 'Silence,' a look at the first frame of 9 films meant to pull you in 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z A chance happening upon some letters written by his grandfather would lead Stenberg to a detour, making a documentary, “6 Brothers,” based on his grandfather’s family’s life as North Dakota homesteaders. Economic developer hopes to breathe new life into Watford 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z A state historian called her a brave woman whose life illustrated the hardships of a homesteader. New Mexico to honor dryland farming pioneer 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z The cemetery is the most visible reminder of the Jewish homesteaders, but the building they used as a synagogue still exists, also. Ashley Jewish cemetery gets rededication 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z The building served as a washhouse back in the 1930s for Howard Ballew, the homesteader who originally lived in this little draw up Hoback Canyon. Memories of a mountain man 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The white enameled steel coffee cup hanging in the cook tent dates back about 100 years to the homesteader family’s first cabin down in the foothills. Stories, memories at family hunting camp 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z His parents, both of them teachers as well as ranchers, were among the first homesteaders in the area. Jay W. Forrester Dies at 98; a Pioneer in Computer Models 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The grandson of a Arizona homesteader and son of a dairy farmer, he speaks in clipped sentences. Sam Darnold plays like a veteran as No. 20 USC stuns No. 4 Washington, 26-13 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z As elsewhere, the U.S. government moved Indians off their lands to make room for white homesteaders — farmers and ranchers. White cowboys and a miscarriage of justice in Oregon acquittal 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Under the federal guidelines, homesteaders were granted the land if they built a structure no smaller than 12 feet by 16 feet. Homestead cabins have become a cottage industry in the desert 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Israeli settlers in the West Bank see an insidious Palestinian encroachment onto lands the Jewish homesteaders believe were given to them by God. A ramshackle village at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Its later visitors included gold miners, followed by homesteaders and sightseers drawn to the lush environment. The essential guide to all 59 U.S. national parks 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Following the drought of 1919, the population plummeted as homesteaders moved on to find greener pastures. History buried in Carter 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z There were black homesteaders near Henry and the northeast corner of Scotts Bluff Count was sandy and better suited for pasture. Women collect the past of Minatare to preserve the future 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Homestead National Monument’s public garden is a unique way for it to connect to the community and for visitors and gardeners to reflect on the vitality of gardens for homesteaders. Community gardens grow, unite residents in Beatrice 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z Lindberg told stories of the old homesteaders to a gathering crowd in the pavilion of the Buffalo Trails Museum on July 10. Epping celebrates with old-fashioned fun 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z The Inuit of the Arctic coast use it to occasionally hunt for caribou and fish, and there are a few nonnative homesteaders living in the refuge. How Dad and Daughter Survived the Alaskan Wilderness 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Homestead Rescue In this new unscripted series a family of experts help homesteaders and others trying to eke out a living off-grid in the wilderness. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Purple Rain' on VH1 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Through books, notes and other old and forgotten mementos, these ladies are learning about the lives of early homesteaders in Minatare and documenting it for posterity. Women collect the past of Minatare to preserve the future 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Like the real homesteaders, they deal with mud, mosquitoes and living in tents. The best summer reading for kids: chockablock with cute (mostly) critters 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z That it contains the grave or graves of a person or persons who were homesteaders, immigrants, prairie farmers, pioneers, sodbusters, first-generation Nebraskans or Civil War veterans. Nebraska cemetery’s restoration documented in book 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z His father had come north from Wisconsin as a homesteader; his mother emigrated from Germany to Canada as a young woman. 'Mr. Hockey' Gordie Howe, 'the best of all time,' dies at 88 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Back then, most of the inhabitants were homesteaders or rail workers. ‘A community on edge’: Town torn apart by sexual assault accusations against football players 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Jones, 41, was the son of Kansas homesteaders, Gollnitz, his granddaughter, said last week. After 95 years, a Navy ship lost at sea with all hands is finally discovered 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The Slagle family, however, were among some of the homesteaders who stayed in the area, said Lewis. Stone ruins, memories left of the town of Nonchalanta 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Carver had decided, as some homesteaders did, that rather than waiting five years to receive full title to the land, he would instead buy the 160 acres at $1.25 an acre. Ness County celebrates George Washington Carver’s legacy 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z On this date in 1912, Julia Caldwell, an aged homesteader, was badly beaten and driven from her claim near Phoenix by a claim jumper who then hauled away her little cabin. Today in Arizona History 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The legacy needs to be preserved and what better way to preserve it than where these homesteaders are buried? Lowell cemetery added to state historic registry 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Kilcher, who is a homesteader near Homer, applied to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources for permission to construct several permanent buildings near the Old Believer Russian Orthodox village Kachemak Selo. Reality TV star seeks permit for art retreat at Fox River 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z “The people from Texas were looking for homesteaders on the Gage-Lancaster border . the man from Oregon was looking for someone from the era of the Indian reservation.” Beatrice library collection helps dig for family roots 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z And they have solicited energetic homesteaders and farmers to repopulate vacant houses and lots, people willing to work for a renaissance even out here, far from the high-rise condos and upscale restaurants of downtown Detroit. How organic farming and YouTube are taming the wilds of Detroit 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Listed on the National Historic Register, includes restored homesteader’s cabin, guest house, tavern and dance hall, trail depot, chapel. Inside the Beltway: Jeb Bush shouldn’t be written off just yet 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z I don’t retain what I read very well, teachers would agree, but he’s got a poem about cider written by an anonymous New England homesteader. Making Apple Cider Keeps Me Honest 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The play will tell different homesteaders’ stories and illustrate the culture of the West during the late 1800s after the Homestead Act was passed. Artist to write play inspired by Beatrice’s historic events 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z There are also homesteaders’ cabins dating back to the late 1800s, Mr. Lewis said. Wyoming Ranch Slashes Its Asking Price Over $20 Million 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z On the foreign-policy front, meanwhile, the Croatians lost their patience with the increasingly aggressive and populous homesteaders and were denying entry to Liberland. The Making of a President 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Edens, a Helena, Mont., native who grew up on a ranch and is the grandson of a homesteader, struck it rich long before the subprime rebound. Meet the New King of Subprime Lending 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z But early homesteaders got their start with just small garden plots too. Why Astronauts Are Growing Lettuce on the Space Station 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z According to an account by Mrs. Frank Larson, the wife of a pioneer homesteader there, Fischer held the golden spike aloft so that all might see it first. Grenora seeks logo to celebrate centennial in 2016 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z When gold miners left in the 1860s, homesteaders quietly rolled in. Rocker’s old house vaults S. Oregon town into the spotlight 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z In other words, this is not the prairie of Nathan Meeker and other homesteaders. Native prairie grass gets a restoration 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z The Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon in 1889 as thousands of homesteaders staked claims. Three-Minute Briefing: Obama Battles Climate Change as TPP Fight Looms 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The dam was originally constructed by a cattle company in 1902 and is an example of what it took for ranchers and homesteaders to survive in Southwest deserts. Conservators restore graffiti-scarred Joshua Tree dam 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Other young Italians began seeing the Sassi’s potential, and they became homesteaders. A Cave with a View 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z So are homesteaders trying to get HUD-backed private financing for mortgages or home repair. Old munitions affecting Big Island federal housing programs 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Tax records date the business to 1915, though some argue it’s at least as old as the town, founded in 1910 to serve a wave of homesteaders. An era ends with closing of Gildford Merc 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z She attributed his spirited independence to his great-grandparents, homesteaders who migrated to Kansas from Pennsylvania. A Review of ‘Alan Shields: In Motion’ and ‘Steven and William Ladd: Mary Queen of the Universe’ at the Parrish Art Museum 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Aberle said the horse fits in well with the homesteader’s theme, besides being extremely popular with customers. Statues bring beauty, culture to Minot 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Owner Paul Claus says he takes guests to places where no humans have previously set foot—the early inhabitants believed the land was haunted, and the Claus family were the first white homesteaders there. Travel Experiences Worth Seeking Out: My Top 11 Adventures Of 2014 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Whatever hardships the Mars homesteaders endure, Mr. Lansdorp argued, may well improve life for those back on Earth. A One-Way Trip to Mars? Many Would Sign Up 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The Cushing story began as Wisconsin was just becoming a destination for homesteaders. Remembering Civil War soldier born in Delafield 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z In 1947 homesteaders were allowed to buy their homes, and community buildings were sold to private companies. Arthurdale Heritage celebrates 80th anniversary 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z The canals were dug a century ago by Henry Flagler’s land company, which hoped to drain the wetlands for homesteaders and ranchers. Cape Sable canal assessment gets funding 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Karen Francis-McWhite pitches one to help homesteaders claim properties for their own. Socrates Takes a Back Seat to Business and Tech 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The event will explore the struggles that homesteaders faced throughout the Great Plains and how the nation responded. Homestead Monument to host campfire program 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z By the 1930s, southwest Kansas was blowing dust, thanks to the large amount of prairie grass that was plowed up by homesteaders. Hard-hit county embodies drought’s toll on region 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z But one hundred years later, Gustavus residents - both descendants of later homesteaders and those who arrived on their own decades ago or more recently - still feel its allure. Gustavus celebrates centennial 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z The records are documents filed by the Nebraska homesteaders and describe the improvements, including houses constructed, wells dug, crops planted, trees cleared and fences built. Nebraska homestead files have been digitized 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The case has pitted the state against some small-scale farmers and stirred a feud between new homesteaders and longtime family farmers. Maine Court Fight Pits Farmers Against State and One Another 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z But if a homesteader destroys ten blighted houses and builds five new houses on larger lots that would be a huge win for the city of Detroit. Detroit Could Speed Its Recovery With A Homestead Act 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z “If you go in any of these guys’ living rooms, you’ll see a picture of the family as homesteaders on that land,” Kleeb describes. Keystone XL: The County-by-County Rundown 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z In between ice-cream sundaes and beard contest watching, the Capital City Weekly spoke to long-time and short-time residents, as well as homesteaders’ descendants, about how the town has changed - or not. Gustavus celebrates centennial 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z From the start the plan was to convert Old World homesteaders to the scientific ways of the New World. Lexington: Farming as rocket science 2013-09-05T15:00:49Z The signature bar’s return is a capstone for the restoration of Red Hook, the proletarian enclave of tumbledown houses and factories that has been luring artists, hipsters and homesteaders. City Room: Knocked Out by Hurricane Sandy, Sunny’s Bar Is Bouncing Back 2013-08-21T17:56:26Z Instead, these “homesteaders” would be responsible for removing the blight from the property and improving it in some productive way. Detroit Could Speed Its Recovery With A Homestead Act 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z William H. Boring, a Civil War veteran from Greene County, Illinois, was among the first homesteaders to settle in the region in 1874 on 160 acres of land. Yawns Across the Water: Boring Meets Dull in Oregon 2013-08-09T02:45:52Z As much as the rights of property owners are sacrosanct in this country, certain gray areas exist in the law that may offer the radical urban homesteader some protection from prosecution. How Chicago’s Housing Crisis Ignited a New Form of Activism 2013-05-29T11:00:52Z The answer to the paradox may indeed be buying by investors rather than homesteaders. Housing Prices Jump Again…and Wall Street May Be Playing a Role 2013-04-30T15:11:25Z In the early 1900s, the federal government opened up millions of acres on the Flathead and other reservations to white homesteaders, a decision that echoes today across the Great Plains and the West. Bitter Battle Over Water Rights on Montana Reservation 2013-04-22T00:33:58Z Even if only half of the blighted properties were claimed by homesteaders, Detroit might save $1 billion. Detroit Could Speed Its Recovery With A Homestead Act 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z A documentary by Anthony Baxter, shown on the BBC last year, sought to portray the struggle as blameless homesteaders against a rapacious cattle baron. Triumphant Trump wants second golf links on Scotland's wild coastline 2013-02-16T23:52:34Z But whether the dams are large or small, homesteaders and Indian leaders say they will cause irreversible changes in a forest that plays a vital role in absorbing the world's carbon emissions. Brazil's hydroelectric dam boom is bringing tensions as well as energy 2013-02-12T14:04:17Z Below was the country of the Missouri Slope, where homesteaders discovered the fallacy that rain followed the plow. North Dakota Went Boom 2013-01-31T12:00:12Z Over the years, tribal members married homesteaders’ children. Bitter Battle Over Water Rights on Montana Reservation 2013-04-22T00:33:58Z Explorers, scientists and map makers came in the 1870s, and bachelor homesteaders arrived in 1884, later followed by families. A guide to Jackson Hole: the serious skiers' and snowboarders' resort 2013-01-19T07:00:00Z It reminded me of one of those Westerns where the homesteaders get all fired up to beat back the rich and unscrupulous rancher. The Fight Over Fracking in Colorado's North Fork Valley 2012-07-12T23:27:28Z A lean, sharp-featured man sporting a thick goatee, jeans and dirty boots, Nelson is the grandson of homesteaders. In North Dakota, the gritty side of an oil boom 2012-07-19T00:19:10Z Only 40 percent, or 1.6 million homesteaders, improved on their claims and earned a patent, or deed of title, for the land from the federal government. U.S. marks 150th anniversary of Homestead Act offering free land 2012-05-19T23:45:44Z I was the only colored homesteader on the reservation, and as an agriculturist it began to look mighty bad for the colored race on the Little Crow. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z On the way they drove by the homesteaders near and held subtle conversations with many, always in the end ascertaining how many times the people had been seen on the claim they had just left. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z The original homesteaders were fiercely independent, but open to new ideas based on their merits -- not where they come from. Calgary Oil Transforms Canada to Energy Superpower of Immigrants 2011-12-28T08:35:38Z He had noted the advance of the hard-bitten homesteaders who were settling wherever the soil was good, and who were marked by sternly utilitarian methods and democratic ideas. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Some 93 million Americans, or nearly a third of the U.S. population, are descended from "homesteaders." U.S. marks 150th anniversary of Homestead Act offering free land 2012-05-19T23:45:44Z Under this crude shelter the homesteaders found relief from the broiling afternoon sun, and swapped news concerning the latest offer for their claims. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z I would the best in the world like to hold down a claim, and am sure I would make a great homesteader. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z As a rule, the small homesteader takes any job he can get, and when his wallet's full comes back to chop, but a railroad construction gang's the usual stunt and some don't come back. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z "What we found was two homesteaders cutting down all the best trees." Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Ten years ago, Mr. Eggebrecht, whose ancestors were homesteaders on the land he now farms, had scarcely used futures or options contracts. DealBook: MF Global's Failure Raises Issues About Regulator 2011-11-10T12:26:54Z Most prospective homesteaders make the same mistake I did in buying horses, unless they are experienced. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Presently they drew up to where he stood and he recognized one as a homesteader, and having a claim near and the other as a professional dealer in horses. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z I was raised in the bush and the small homesteaders are a pretty frugal lot. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z The manner in which the homesteader secured his claim is unique in the annals of history. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z In the 1880s, they preyed on his family’s livestock after his great-grandparents arrived as homesteaders along the Big Hole River. Conflict Over Wolves Yields New Dynamic Between Ranchers and Conservationists 2011-11-05T02:30:31Z The real farmer was fast replacing the homesteader. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z She thought there would be lights of homesteaders about, and while there was, the storm made it impossible for her to see them. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z Around the settlements, a fire sometimes starts from a burned slashing and the police get after the homesteader. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z The old homesteaders of this group too, have for the most part found a last resting place in the neighborhood cemetery. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z The dictatorship of the time threatened to repossess homesteaders' land if they failed to improve it, which meant clearing the forest to raise cattle and plant crops. Brazil farming revolution may slow Amazon demise 2011-09-23T16:15:03.897Z But Megory had the start, with the largest and best territory, which had by this time been developed into improved farms; the real farmer was fast replacing the homesteader. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Born the third son of a farming family in the hardscrabble Tohoku region, Tengo’s father had left home as soon as he could, joining a homesteaders’ group and crossing over to Manchuria in the nineteen-thirties. Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats.” 2011-08-29T04:00:00Z A homesteader hitting town for the first time in a year, probably. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z But the credit for the practical demonstrations that had grounded his faith in the future of the country he gave to Travis and Minnie Gully, the homesteaders. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z “He certainly must have,” observed Nyoda, straining her muscles to uproot the weedy homesteader, “haven’t you ever heard the slogan, ‘Omega Oil for Burns?’” The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z It came 29 pretty near taking the hide off from me to keep pace with those hungry homesteaders who were afraid of losing their jobs and existence. Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z In Manchuria, he and the other homesteaders were given some farming implements and small arms, and together they started cultivating the land. Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats.” 2011-08-29T04:00:00Z Eventually, the original homesteaders began to sell and move away, often to be replaced by people who could afford to pay for their renovations all at once. The Appraisal: Holding On Has Its Benefits, and Then Some 2011-06-13T17:54:14Z The families of the homesteaders having been informed of the day and time of their probable arrival, had assembled at the well to greet them. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Here as elsewhere the story of the homesteader has been one of isolation, privations, and hardships, met, however, with persistency and indomitable courage. Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park 2011-05-19T02:00:05.867Z Yet like the homesteaders in “Shane,” the greater sage grouse is trying to survive in a landscape that is gradually being taken over by muscular outsiders. Green: A Bird's Convoluted Conservation Odyssey 2011-05-11T20:29:33Z I believe that all non-forested lands adapted for agricultural purposes should be opened to settlement and homesteaders allowed to file upon them. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z He sold 500 abandoned buildings for $1 apiece to urban homesteaders and hundreds of commercial shells for $100 each to businessmen. William Schaefer, Baltimore Mayor, Dies at 89 2011-04-19T01:20:22Z On one occasion, while gathering driftwood along the shores of the Columbia, a homesteader saw a man working among the rocky cliffs far above him. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z It proved to be a little log structure, built by a homesteader in the early days. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z The homesteader's son had run out on the trail that led toward the spring, with half a mind to go to it, but ran back again when he saw the Basket Woman coming. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z No more unhappy irony can befall the homesteader than to burn down his shack in his attempts to warm it. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z The homesteader, beginning in a modest way, rears his first habitation with practical and serviceable ends in view. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z When they entered Jack's house, the old gentleman was in an excellent mood, and had been joking his son about his prowess as a homesteader. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z From what has been stated, it will be seen that no title to land can be obtained from prëemptor or homesteader who has not perfected his title. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z This was the third time the Indian woman had come to wash for the homesteader's wife; and, though she was slow and quiet and had a pleasant smile, Alan was still afraid of her. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z He had many shrewd remarks to make about immigrants, and homesteaders, and the business of settling up a country. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z If the duties have been satisfactorily performed patent issues to the homesteader shortly after without any further action on his part, and the land thus becomes his absolute property. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Before the completion of the decoration of the tree and for several hours after the neighboring homesteaders began to arrive with their families, each bringing their share of the Christmas packages and boxes of lunch. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Filling his pipe, the homesteader sought out the store, and, with inevitable delays, set to work making his purchases. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z "Oh, no, my boy; you must not get any such notion as that," said the homesteader; "Indians are not at all now what they were once." The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z They give the homesteader a lot of free pasture an' hay land, fer instance. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z The homesteader may add to his holdings by purchasing adjoining land from the Canadian Northern, Canadian Pacific Railway and other corporations. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z The party of homesteaders were not worried by the thoughts of the conditions at home as they had been during their first absence. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z A good many homesteaders were well-educated, refined people from Pennsylvania, New York, and elsewhere. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The homesteader had taken his family to the town for a day, and the first thing Alan saw when he got down from the wagon was the Basket Woman. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Once in a while, at great distances, we could see a homesteader's shack, a little isolated sentinel-box of the vanguard of settlement. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z With farm already selected, it is perfectly safe, and to the prospective homesteader he can get some sort of occupation until early spring, when he will be on the ground ready for it. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Thus was the social life of the community kept alive and much simple pleasure added to the lives of the homesteaders. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z We had bought out a homesteader, so we had a shelter to go into. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The Basket Woman was washing for the homesteader's wife at the spring, and Alan, by this time very good friends with her, was pulling up sagebrush for the fire, when the coyote came by. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z After that, conversation came easier, and we found ourselves talking about farm life, and the problems of the homesteader. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Is it any wonder that with the splendid, high-yielding land, free to the homesteader or open to purchase at reasonable prices from railway and land companies, the Canadian immigration records for 1913 were so high? Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Dismounting, he gave a few instructions to his men, who remained on their wagons; then returning to the waiting homesteader, asked as to the conditions for making permanent camp in the neighborhood. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z On this we hung a few pictures, and when the homesteader appeared at the door, he stood amazed at our fine appearance. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Down in the homesteader's cabin nobody slept that night. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z So they tried to have the unassigned lands legally declared open to homesteaders. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Endless sub-clauses roam across prairies of newsprint in search of the point, like homesteader wagons on the Oregon trail circling around a knackered old buffalo. 'This is America son' 2010-12-18T11:45:12Z The Sunday School met weekly, and the homesteaders came with their families for distances of from ten to fifteen miles to be in attendance. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z He assisted his father on the farm until 1867, when he was visited by F. B. Barber, an army comrade, a homesteader in northwestern Nebraska. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z By the mid-’30s, the loosened earth — parched by drought and abandoned by impoverished homesteaders — was lifted up in vast, swirling brown clouds. U.S. Farmers Wary of Benefiting From Russia?s Woes 2010-08-19T18:16:00Z If homesteaders could have no part of Oklahoma, why were wealthy cattlemen allowed to take so much of it? We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z An American is more likely to visualise a plucky homesteader crouching between an overturned sofa in a burning ranch house, preparing to defend his family to the death. 'This is America son' 2010-12-18T11:45:12Z Thinking perhaps it was due to his disappointment at his failure at success as a homesteader, he jibed him good-naturedly upon his giving up so easily. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Ms. Sterkel’s remote ranch, five miles from the Canadian border in a homesteader’s valley that got electricity only around 1960, is for some of those families the end of the line. Russian Adoptees Get Second Chance at a Montana Ranch 2010-04-27T00:05:00Z Today in the Bay Area and beyond, urban homesteaders like Ms. Stone and her roommates are raising their own food in their backyards, in community gardens and on derelict and undeveloped spaces in the city. ?Urban Homesteaders? Are Farming in San Francisco 2010-04-23T04:09:00Z The Simpsons had indeed earned the proud name of homesteaders. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Seven years before the republic joined the Union in 1845, many homesteaders lost their property because of a bank panic and the resulting foreclosures. How Texas escaped the real estate crisis 2010-04-04T04:00:00Z But few indeed are left who can describe or define the sensation of commingled joy, dread and uncertainty that fills the heart of the lonely homesteader on an occasion like this. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Two lumber-jacks came out of the woods to fetch him to the bedside of a sick homesteader who had been at work in the lumber-camps. Higgins A Man's Christian But that day homesteaders crept into dugouts and smothered over buffalo chip fires. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories The homesteader was looking frantically for the corners. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Drawing from Mexican codes protecting landholders, the new constitution of the state of Texas forbade lenders from peddling mortgages to homesteaders. How Texas escaped the real estate crisis 2010-04-04T04:00:00Z His appearance was more that of a typical tramp than the sturdy homesteader he really was. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z The man was a homesteader, living alone in a log-cabin on his grant of land, some miles from the village. Higgins A Man's Christian It turned out that the cowboys had been arrested for lassoing a Norwegian homesteader who had cut their wire. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories There were homesteaders on every claim except the one where a youngster had thrown her jacket down. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Is a valuable book for homesteaders, hunters, trappers, guides, etc. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. The states of Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon each offered exceptional opportunities to the homesteaders with limited means. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z The Pilot so informed the homesteader and bade him prepare. Higgins A Man's Christian His name was Rennie, and he was nominally a homesteader, though he did little more than comply with the statutory requirements. The Land of Strong Men Alec guided Carrots around a homesteader who had marked his claim with a huge white sheet. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z The twenty original homesteaders were taken as the text for most impassioned appeals by local orators, and their melancholy situation was skilfully enlarged upon. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Thousands of acres of this fine land was now being taken up by homesteaders. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z All that night, the homesteader having died, Higgins–not then the beloved Pilot–walked the hospital corridor. Higgins A Man's Christian Little wooden shacks showed where the homesteaders had first sheltered their household goods. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway From liability for most debts a homesteader is exempt, but not for all. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman If this little volume helps to answer clearly and definitely the many inquiries that are in the minds of prospective and active homesteaders, it will have served its purpose. A Living from the Land The drivers would be called personal shoppers today, for they brought lists of articles to be carried back into the far-off country for the convenience of the homesteaders there. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia Pioneering life is a passing phase; the girl homesteader is exceptional. The American Country Girl "But when you come back next year, I shall have a well down," said the brave homesteader. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway With a sudden lunge Neely gripped Endlich's hand, and gave it a savage if momentary twist that sent needles of pain shooting up the homesteader's arm. Asteroid of Fear We take a photograph of this bachelor homesteader and promise to print it in a city paper under the caption, 'Wife Wanted.' Seeds of Pine For there is truth in the old saying that for the most part the first crop of homesteaders fails, and the success of the late comers is built upon the broken hopes of the pioneers. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making She writes to the Department of the Interior at Washington, asking for full information about the method of taking up land, about the unappropriated lands and instructions for homesteaders. The American Country Girl Having seen the rich land of our brave homesteader in Monitor Valley, I was ready to believe this outburst of local pride. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway The second family of homesteaders was almost here. Asteroid of Fear In the village, several homesteaders who are trending northward to the Peace River country, have drawn up to the hotel. Seeds of Pine Is a “homesteader” in Western Kansas, seven miles from the Colorado line. Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record Our neighborhood," says a college girl homesteader, who herself wears a Phi Beta Kappa key, "is as cosmopolitan as Ellis Island itself. The American Country Girl "There is good land there still that can be taken up by homesteaders, fine fruit lands," said they. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Maybe there'd be a lot more of all that, soon, when the rumored major influx of homesteaders reached Vesta. Asteroid of Fear The houses of the homesteaders are built of poplar lumber, weather-stained and ugly. Seeds of Pine The homesteaders interest me the most, for it is to them that we will owe our western empire. Bring Me His Ears To her homesteading offers one solution of poverty's problem; but she adds, if the would-be homesteader is afraid of coyotes and work and loneliness, she had better let ranching alone. The American Country Girl We came from the grey and brown desert into fine rolling uplands dotted with the new homes of homesteaders and green with the precious water of irrigation. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway You have been told that homesteaders cannot go in on the National Forests. Through Our Unknown Southwest No more land was tied up in railway grants, and in 1908 the odd sections, previously reserved for railway grants and sales, were opened to homesteaders. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time If those cattlemen ever get the reservation opened, they'll keep the nesters out for the next forty years, if they have to kill a homesteader for every hundred and sixty acres. Mystery Ranch Both the gay bravura and the sound judgment of the American college girl are shown in this picturing bit from Mabel Stewart Lewis, a successful homesteader of South Dakota. The American Country Girl They felt sure that they would find rich farming country there still open to homesteaders. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Just as fast as they can be surveyed, all farming lands in the National Forests are opened to the homesteader. Through Our Unknown Southwest Yet the homesteader remained the chief figure in the opening of the West. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time White Lodge was crowded with cattlemen and homesteaders and their families, who had come to attend the trial. Mystery Ranch Another homesteader girl has learned how to overcome fear. The American Country Girl He told us that he was on his way to arrest and fine the careless homesteader who had flooded the road. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Hasn't the homesteader a right to this profit? Through Our Unknown Southwest Originally he was a homesteader, or perhaps a purchaser of cheap land in the early days. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology He had tasted that unaccountable homesteader’s spirit in the past. The Rustler of Wind River A happy homesteader in front of her "soddy." The American Country Girl In a remote part of the valley some five miles back of Cedar Mountain was Bylow's Corner, a group of three or four houses near the road, the log cabins of homesteaders. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country In the twenty-mile drive, you will see, perhaps, three homesteaders' shanties, where settlers have fenced off a square and tried ranching; but water is too deep for boring. Through Our Unknown Southwest Schools and churches were closed, and many farmhouses built by the homesteaders rotted down to their foundations. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology He reached it at the moment that the man in the disguise of a homesteader pushed it open. The Rustler of Wind River They were not, as we at first thought, prairie fires, but the homesteader getting rid of the great mounds of stalk left by the threshing, the usual method. Westward with the Prince of Wales The homesteader "took up" his land with but little thought of community relations. The Farmer and His Community Miles ahead you see another lantern gleam and swing, and dimly discern the outlines of another tent—the homesteader's nearest neighbor. Through Our Unknown Southwest This community was settled by homesteaders and pioneers in the early days of the West. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology The gaunt old homesteader with the cloud of sorrows in his eyes said that he had been on his way over to see what had become of Macdonald in his lone hunt for Mark Thorn. The Rustler of Wind River In the same sections, where the homesteaders had used aspen for their fence posts, the beavers, no doubt mistaking them for trees, cut them down. A Mountain Boyhood Well, we have seen small homesteaders draining Canadian muskegs, a long haul from a railroad, while we have a good market for all farming truck in two hours' ride. Partners of the Out-Trail In fact, now I tax myself, several homesteaders from hereabouts went. Valley of Wild Horses What mattered it that he was beginning to send out word of his desire to work with and for the cattlemen of Lost Valley, the settlers, the homesteaders? Tharon of Lost Valley “Are they all rustlers up there in the settlement? are there no honest homesteaders among them who would combine with you against this wild man and his unlawful followers?” the colonel wanted to know. The Rustler of Wind River In my rambles I continually came upon homesteaders striving to drain the valleys and raise grass for their cattle, while simultaneously the beavers were working to maintain high water. A Mountain Boyhood It seemed almost profane to think of her in the lonely life of a homesteader on the bleak, unsettled plains—to see her in the monotony and drudgery of the pioneer life. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West The homesteader, that hopeful and lonely pioneer, was as scarce as the streams. Valley of Wild Horses Shacks like this are used by homesteaders, miners, trappers, and hunters; in fact, these people use any sort of material they have at hand. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Inside of an hour he had Tom Lassiter around with a team and spring wagon, in which the homesteaders laid Macdonald tenderly upon a bed of hay. The Rustler of Wind River Think of rules setting out water rights or the right to drive cattle over homesteaders' land in the American West. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind At the conclusion of his fall term he had resigned his position as teacher, and with his small savings had set about accumulating equipment essential to the homesteader. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West That fall the valley had been overrun with homesteaders, "nesters," they were called, and these newcomers passed by often from the town drunk and rough. Valley of Wild Horses Had it not been for her eagerness to find more and better kinnikinnick, and her knowledge that the homesteader’s cabin was very near, she would have been frightened. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Cowboys rode up to a homesteader’s door when they had anything to say to him, and hammered on it with their guns. The Rustler of Wind River Instead, he loaned his money to Grass River homesteaders. Winning the Wilderness Shouldn't wonder but it'll be all right in time, when the country gets settled up, but most homesteaders can't afford to wait. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Meanwhile the weeks and months passed, the number of homesteaders increased, more and more cattle dotted the range. Valley of Wild Horses In her small but spotless kitchen, Miss Bumps cooked the food which no homesteader’s cabin afforded, and at night slept luxuriously in her own comfortable bed which nearly filled her other room. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Dalton made a little expressive flourish with his gun, evidently distrustful of the homesteader’s quick hand, even at his present disadvantage. The Rustler of Wind River The towns come and go on the prairies, but the homesteaders build better. Winning the Wilderness As long's they can get grazin' land for two cents an acre, or maybe nothin', of course they don't want the homesteader. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West When winter came some of the homesteaders, including Pan and his mother, moved into Littleton to send their children to school. Valley of Wild Horses It was a good quarter section upon which this ambitious homesteader had filed. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Now, as the homesteader leaped back in sudden alarm, they closed in on him with their revolvers drawn. The Rustler of Wind River Go back and tell your homesteaders that I’ll make a small five-year loan to every man in the settlement according to his extreme needs. Winning the Wilderness It had become evident that the big ranchers’ rights were mostly traditional, and already, in scattered detachments, the vanguard of the homesteaders’ host was filing in. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter It was a pretty place, with grass and cottonwoods, and a thin stream of water, a lonesome and hidden spot which other homesteaders had passed by. Valley of Wild Horses Of course, they were from the East—all except Virginia Hunter, of whom she had heard so much, and she was a Wyoming homesteader; but, she told herself, that need make no difference. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Frances felt now that she understood the attitude of the cattlemen toward the homesteaders as she never had even sensed it before. The Rustler of Wind River Several homesteaders had already appeared in the country, erecting fences around their claims. 'Firebrand' Trevison The first move is to get every man holding cattle land from here to the barren country to stand in, and then, one way or another, we’ll freeze out the homesteaders. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter That autumn the homesteaders erected a schoolhouse of their own. Valley of Wild Horses They had made a special effort to open that morning, and the homesteader was grateful. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley It was Mark Thorn, the cattlemen’s contract killer, the homesteaders’ scourge. The Rustler of Wind River One of the homesteaders, when Trevison had come upon him a few days before, had impertinently inquired why Trevison did not fence the Diamond K range. 'Firebrand' Trevison It struck him on the face, but he launched himself forward, and, while the homesteader grabbed at his rifle, fell upon him. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Ohiyesa, the Winner, as the boy was called, came home with his father to what was then Dakota Territory, to a little settlement of Sioux homesteaders. Indian Child Life A half hour passed and every homesteader was sleeping soundly. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley He laid his hand on the old homesteader’s sagging thin shoulder and poured the comfort of a strong man’s sympathy into his empty eyes. The Rustler of Wind River The homesteaders want liberty of movement without handicap or restraint. An African Adventure The homesteader was stooping still, and he made another pace, crouching a trifle, with every muscle hardening. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Catching the Peace River fever he had made his way back to Calgary, then up to Peace River Landing, where he went to work to make enough money to turn homesteader. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series The cabin, superior in plan and workmanship to that of the average homesteader, faced the west. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley It could result only in the homesteaders being driven from their insecure holdings after the sacrifice of many lives. The Rustler of Wind River In practical ways the paper also tried to serve the homesteaders, keeping them posted on other frontier regions and the methods employed there to bring the land into production. Land of the Burnt Thigh So the positions were slowly reversed, until at last Clavering lay with his head amidst a litter of broken cups and plates, and the homesteader bent over him with a knee upon his chest. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Such early congregations as clustered about the pioneer churches were the newly arrived 'nesters' or homesteaders of the towns; the cowboys never. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Moreover, an outside stone chimney betokened a fire-place—an untold luxury to a homesteader. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley He introduced the stranger as a newspaper correspondent from Chicago, who had arrived at the homesteaders’ camp the evening past. The Rustler of Wind River A young homesteader rushed into the print shop one day, white as a sheet. Land of the Burnt Thigh The legislature are beginning to look at things with the homesteaders’ eyes, and what we want is popular sympathy. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Protecting himself from invasion from the smaller cattlemen and homesteaders was in the nature of a recreation to Canby, who had various methods of ridding himself of their presence. The Dude Wrangler Then add to riches already possessed, the surety of a barn and corral in September, and the probability of twelve pure-bred Shropshire sheep, and what homesteader would not sing for joy? Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Other troopers were collecting the arms of the homesteaders, a proceeding which Macdonald witnessed with a sick heart. The Rustler of Wind River As the homesteaders flowed in a great sea out of the towns and cities into the West, one wondered at their courage. Land of the Burnt Thigh Now, the Sheriff, who has the two homesteaders safe, has let the man we sent him go.” The Cattle-Baron's Daughter You can be pretty sure it's whiskey that wins it for the Government nearly every time when the homesteader loses. The Second Chance What about the homesteader or the poorer farmer who is starting on meagre resources? Deep Furrows Side by side upon the adjoining lines many of the homesteaders had built their little houses, for the comfort of being near their kind. The Rustler of Wind River For a little while we faced uncertainly the problem that other homesteaders were facing—that of going back, of trying to fit ourselves in again to city ways. Land of the Burnt Thigh The man, who was one of the homesteaders’ leaders in another vicinity, sat still with the packet in his hand until, perhaps without any intention of reading it, his eyes rested on the address. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The agile flea is another "homesteader," and if marked, its favorite resting-place on a dog or cat can easily be determined. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals The young homesteader from Beaverdale got up, ran his fingers through his pompadour and outlined the possibilities of co-operative insurance which would apply only to municipalities where a majority of the farmers favored the idea. Deep Furrows “There’s work up the river in the homesteaders’ settlement, Nola; there’s suffering to be relieved, and bereaved hearts to be comforted. The Rustler of Wind River Thus 160 acres of first-class land would cost the homesteader around a thousand dollars—one-fifth down, the rest in annual payments under the five-year proof plan. Land of the Burnt Thigh Now, what you have got to do is to bring out the two homesteaders as quick as you can.” The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The nearest neighbor, from twenty miles away, visited the homesteader's shack, and introduced himself. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers If the law were to fail these red-blooded and long-suffering homesteaders there would be final weapons alright—real weapons! Deep Furrows I don’t know where the homesteaders are, but they’ll be sending out scouts to locate them, and we can watch.” The Rustler of Wind River Looking back to the empty plains as they had stretched that spring, the accomplishments of the homesteaders in one brief summer were overwhelming. Land of the Burnt Thigh He 251 at least, was already feeling the pinch of straitened finances, and his only consolations were the increasing confidence that Torrance reposed in him, and Hetty’s graciousness since his capture by the homesteaders. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The homesteader sighed dismally as he answered: "That's jest the trouble—they did prove it!" Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Clouds would bank up above the prairie horizon, eagerly watched by anxious homesteaders; but over the burned area the clouds seemed to thin out without a drop falling upon the parching crops. Deep Furrows Colonel Landcraft had gone up the river to carry a new message to the homesteaders whose houses lay in ashes. The Rustler of Wind River The first issue was distributed by homesteaders passing by and two carriers. Land of the Burnt Thigh I and the others brought the homesteaders in; this land has fed me and given me all I have, and now I can’t go back on it and them. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter These were the merchants of solider character, whose dealings were with the cattlemen and homesteaders. Trail's End The story of this young homesteader's rise from the ranks of the Grain Growers is worth noting. Deep Furrows “He isn’t one of us,” said a homesteader, with grim shortness. The Rustler of Wind River There was a job to be done, a job for a frontier newspaper, and soon the McClure Press would be a thing of the past—as soon as the homesteaders had made proof. Land of the Burnt Thigh The dollars in question, which had been raised by levy and sent by sympathizers, had been placed in Larry’s hands to further the homesteaders’ objects in that district as he deemed advisable. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The hope of these merchants was in the coming of more homesteaders, according to Judge Thayer's dream. Trail's End He's got two homesteads—bought 'em off a crazy bird that had bought out both homesteaders. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Their indignation had been 186 voiced very thoroughly by Mrs. Chadron when she had spoken to Frances with such resentment of the homesteaders standing up to fight. The Rustler of Wind River The whole West was gambling on the homesteaders' making good. Land of the Burnt Thigh “He was able to hold the two homesteaders Clavering’s boys brought him.” The Cattle-Baron's Daughter "It used to be full of homesteaders all through this country—I seen 'em come and I seen 'em go." Trail's End He came barging in here and bought out Clark and Stanley, the homesteaders, and brought in two men who had been building fancy cabins in Rocky Mountain Park and tourist camps. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story There was no way to shut that; the original battens of the homesteader lay under foot, broken apart and rotting. The Rustler of Wind River She was brown as a berry and just the type of hard-working woman to make a good homesteader, with calloused, capable, tireless hands. Land of the Burnt Thigh The homesteaders, who only wanted to buy food and raised no trouble until they were fired on, will be tried by the cattle-men, and I needn’t tell you what kind of chance they’ll get. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter I'm about the only homesteader in this valley that ain't got one right now. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West Mile after mile the road follows section lines and one is rarely out of sight of the house of some "homesteader." Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections The homesteaders had come to a halt a hundred yards behind Macdonald; about the same distance behind Major King and his officers the cavalry had drawn up across the road. The Rustler of Wind River They stopped short, swung off their ponies, three girl homesteaders. Land of the Burnt Thigh He pulled his horse up within a pistol-shot from the homesteaders, and sat still in his saddle staring at them. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter "Company gone out of business—country getting too popular, what with homesteaders, forest rangers, and Mary's little lamb," explained Steve. Steve Yeager But don't regard this as wanton cruelty, for the gopher is worse than a rat, and in this country the government agents supply homesteaders with an annual allowance of free strychnine to poison them off. The Prairie Wife He looked the homesteader captain over with severe eyes. The Rustler of Wind River There were quite a few children scattered over the neighborhood, and the homesteaders decided that there must be a school in the center of the district. Land of the Burnt Thigh We want two homesteaders, and we mean to get them; but that will satisfy us.” The Cattle-Baron's Daughter A second pair of homesteaders followed behind them, their mules dragging a pointed steel-shod ditcher which forced out the loosened earth. The Settling of the Sage He's after my chickens, and as new-laid eggs are worth more than Browning to a homesteader, I got out my duck-gun. The Prairie Wife The “holy scare,” such as Mark Thorn and similar hired assassins spread in communities of homesteaders, had been sufficient up to that day. The Rustler of Wind River The Randalls threw up a crude shell of a building for a community hall and now and then gave a party or a dance for the homesteaders. Land of the Burnt Thigh One or two of the homesteaders glanced a trifle anxiously behind them. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter These thickened into a rank velvety carpet while the homesteaders were hauling a hundred loads of rocks to form a crude dam across the stream below the take-out. The Settling of the Sage And he is shockingly incompetent, as a homesteader, from the look of his shack. The Prairie Wife Those homesteaders were men of rare courage and unbending persistency in the ordinary affairs of life, but three days of empty pursuit of this monster left them out of heart. The Rustler of Wind River We had hired two homesteaders to haul out lumber and put up a small building for the newspaper and post office, although we had not yet got the necessary petition signed for a post office. Land of the Burnt Thigh The vultures the struggle had attracted had, she knew, much less consideration for women than the homesteaders or cattle-boys. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The homesteaders must make one more trip to the railroad to freight in the stacker and the two buck-sweeps to be used in putting up the hay. The Settling of the Sage They keep the light of faith burning bright in many a lonely homesteader's cabin on the Prairies of our Great West. Catholic Problems in Western Canada The Drovers’ Association, and especially the president of it, was being defied in that section, where probably a hundred homesteaders had settled with their families of long-backed sons and daughters. The Rustler of Wind River For mercy sake," the woman said, "here you are starting a post office and I thought you was one of them high-falutin' city homesteaders a rec-connoiterin' around. Land of the Burnt Thigh They clustered about him, and one of them, stooping over the injured homesteader, signed to his comrades. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The homesteaders had turned their hands to another job. The Settling of the Sage The planless settling of the Catholic homesteaders here and there on the prairie, has also created for the Church one of its greatest difficulties. Catholic Problems in Western Canada It seems just about hopeless that a handful of ragged homesteaders ever can make a stand against them. The Rustler of Wind River "It's Thursday night—the night the paper goes to press," more than one homesteader said as he saw it. Land of the Burnt Thigh He knew that the homesteaders, who had very little cause to love him, were in a somewhat dangerous mood just then, but that was of no great moment to him. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Three of the homesteaders had been detailed to stay at the ranch. The Settling of the Sage |
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