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The prairies are one of the greatest gifts to humankind
for on those fertile and wide-open lands pioneers built a civilization
and a culture, which has fed millions. This book presents the challenges
to first settlers along the Red River of Northern Minnesota. Homesteaders
settled the unbroken lands of the frontier and faced almost endless
obstacles to conquer the soil. Women bore the brunt of the burden,
but children and men were not exempt from the agony of the daily
drudgery. The homestead was free, but the price paid in toil, sweat,
tears, and broken bodies were great. Failure was more common than
success.
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