Experiences on the Prairie: The Story of Andrew nd Jeannie

How can one draw a picture of the taming, of a new Land?

Whatever possessed folks to come to a wild and untamed country where the Indian had so recently held sway. It was the people that made the difference. What made them stick with it? No place for a tender foot. Those of sterner stuff stayed. They had come for homes and neither hell nor high water could prevail against them. Come to think of it, maybe that’s what some kids lack now. No new worlds to conquer. No great responsibility or cha...