Focuses on the homesteaders of the Great Plains, including who they were, their houses, hardships, farms, towns, food, laws, commerce and entertainment.

"On January 12, 1888, a surprise blizzard broke out in the middle of the day across the Midwest. In its path, hundreds of children and teachers found themselves stranded inside schoolhouses with no food, no heat, and very few options. Days passed, and over 235 people died as result of the harsh snow of the Schoolhouse Blizzard, but many were able to survive thanks to the bravery of others in their communities. Learn all about the disastrous weather...

Homesteaders moving onto the Great Plains found themselves in an almost treeless land where the only building material at hand was the tough prairie sod itself

Contains illustrated instructions for making eighteen craft projects like those Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about in her Little House series of books.