Apple Stars and Family Trees: Dramatization of East Friesen Women's Journeys to Midwestern Prairie Tapa blanda - 2005

Mount Morris, Illinois: Self-published, 2005. First Edition / First Printing . Trade Paperback. Brand New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brand new and unread first edition, very crisp and fresh, gift quality! 73 very clean, new and unread historical pages! "In 1830 through 1840 years, the prairie and timberlands were broad expanses with only wagon wheel tracks and footpaths to mark the distances between homesteaders' cabins. The cabins were few and far between. As family groups arrived, they set about in teams to build cabins. First settlers welcomed the next family groups by sheltering them until trees were cut and logs shaped for the next cabin. There are stories of twenty to twenty-four people spending a certain winter snowbound in the Rice cabin. The nearby family burial ground is now marked as Rice Cemetery. Some say there were twenty people wintering in the small cabin; some say twenty-four. It depends upon the teller. The book EAST FRIESENS IN AMERICA documents… Leer más