tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post935826565092439985..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: WOULD YOU LIKE THE PIONEER LIFE?Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-91560785766623135182014-06-28T20:14:42.600-05:002014-06-28T20:14:42.600-05:00What amazing family history,, Caroline, and excel...What amazing family history,, Caroline, and excellent descriptions of those times. I just can't begin to imagine the pioneers' perverance. I so enjoyed this. Tanya Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580821680629254085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-75985040702086910092014-06-28T07:39:04.183-05:002014-06-28T07:39:04.183-05:00It makes you wonder why people put themselves thro...It makes you wonder why people put themselves through this torture. And it was torture. But look how many did, and it was to get land..the ultimate possession every settler needed and the reason they became settlers...Land.<br /><br />My husband had a step-grandfather with the last name of Stephen. He and his twin brother were born in a cave near Granbury, and he ultimately became rich and donated land to start the town of Stephenville. He has a hand-written account of the wife staying in the cave with the babies alone for some time while he had to go away for some business.<br />I've just got to read that again.<br />These first hand accounts are priceless and I could read them all day. Such is the book Texas Tears and Texas Sunshine--Voices of Frontier Women. As you know I've use several of those women in SOTW posts. <br />Thanks for this--I really like reading it--every word.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.com