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Leave Pennsylvania for Journey out West
with 3-4 months of supplies -
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Moving West
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Up the Appalachian Mountains
Challenging climb, horses struggled, 5 oldest had to walk -
Blizzard in North Western West Virginia
killed one horse, we had to sell some supplies to buy a new horse -
Bad Thunderstorm
slows trip, wheel broke on wagon and we have to replace it -
Robbers
take blankets and food, in North Eastern Tennessee -
Mississippi River crossing
Indian ferry to help cross, Clara Beth falls into the water -
Make it to Oklahoma
two days before the land grab races, are at the place they start -
West land grab in Oklahoma starts
horse drawn wagon, Transcontinental Railroad was too expensive -
Make our Claim of Land
Near a stream, Mid Oklahoma area, but away from railroad -
Start Building Our House
while building, we lived in a dugout in a nearby hill -
Start Planting Crop
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Finish Sod House
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Twister
destroys newly built house -
Finished fixing house
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Crop harvest is abundant and healthy
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Linda gets sick
with pnemonia -
Linda dies
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Twister
devastates crops and supplies, lose money -
Billy becomes a cowhand
he leaves the house to make money for the family, he seasonally works -
Twister
supplies needed, but crops still in decent condition -
Drought begins
destroys most crops, enough for survival, tight on money and supplies -
Clara Beth goes to housekeep
House keepers were in high demand in the West, we needed more money coming in because of the drought, she would come home every other weekend for four days, one and a half for travel -
Drought ends
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Blizzard
5 feet for 10 days, for fun we read books and the Bible, we danced, and made music -
Plant crop
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Small Twister
crops fine, a few supply items broken -
Picnic with neighbors
what we do for fun -
Abundant Crop
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Plant Crop
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Indians attack, but we make peace
we invite them to eat, they tell us of the old lush Great Plains and how the railroad and too many settlers like us are destroying their culture, how buffalo was their religion and food source and the settlers just killed them, and of the Dawes Severalty Act which is taking away more of their land and trying to assimilate them into our culture -
Good crop in abundance
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Clara comes home for good
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Billy ends cowhand career
he comes back home -
Plant crop
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Billy gets married
to a neighbor woman named Lydia -
Abundant Crop
prices of crops drops, but farm is managing well -
Clara Beth gets married
to John Miller -
Billy and Lydia have a baby
It's a boy named Edward after my late husband -
Twister
ruins home, but crops and supplies are decent -
Start rebuilding house
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Plant crop
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Finish fixing the house
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Officially own the homestead