Nothing to Do But Stay: My Pioneer MotherThis daughter's loving tribute to her pioneer mother tells of a real heroine who traveled by herself to North Dakota in 1904, to stake a lonely claim and start a farm on 160 empty acres before she married and began her family. Photos. |
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One The Education of a Family | 1 |
Two The Seedling Years | 34 |
Three Prairie Cook | 49 |
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