Pioneer Journey
My book is a story about two pioneer families moving to Minnesota to begin a new life for themselves and their children. It is a historical novel based on the life of my great-grandparents who migrated to Minnesota in the 1850’s and 1860’s. They survived blizzards, locusts, Indian raids, droughts and other hardships but sometimes isolation was the hardest of all to overcome. They made a place for themselves in the wilderness of Minnesota, and later around the turn of the century they moved to the plains of North Dakota.
I didn’t have any letters or journals on which to base the story. While family members are real people, their personalities and daily activities are based on oral history and my imagination. Many of the places mentioned in my book are real places where my ancestors lived during their early years. All Minnesota places and historical persons of interest are real places and people.
The story starts at a family gathering that took place in 1899 before some of Henry and Georgia’s children migrated to North Dakota. The picture on the cover of the book was taken at that time. The children asked their parents to write about their early life, and they did just that. The book is split into three categories, Henry; Georgia and then Henry and Georgia combined.
Henry writes about coming to the United States from Germany with his parents in 1852; their travels and living in Sauk Rapid, Minnesota; his experiences as a soldier in the Indian Uprising and the Civil War and arriving home to file for a homestead in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
After the war he returns to Minnesota a different man with problems known as “Soldier’s Heart.” He lost his faith in God during the war. He could not believe God would allow all the suffering he saw. Later in life he turns back to God and becomes a Methodist minister.
Georgia’s story is about coming to Minnesota from Maine with her family just at the time of the Indian Uprising; the family lived in St. Anthony for a short time and then moved to Sauk Rapids in 1864. The Bailey family had many tragic occasions in their lives. Her family was affected by the war in many different ways. Georgia became a rural teacher outside of Sauk Rapids at the age of fifteen. She tells stories about her teaching experiences.
The third book is about Henry and Georgia meeting, falling in love and getting married. The couple lived with Henry’s widowed mother the first winter and their first child is born there. In the spring they move to Henry’s homestead and start their early married life.
While this is Georgia and Henry’s story it could be the story of any of us who had Ancestors who served in the Civil War or were early settlers in the Midwest during that time.
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I didn’t have any letters or journals on which to base the story. While family members are real people, their personalities and daily activities are based on oral history and my imagination. Many of the places mentioned in my book are real places where my ancestors lived during their early years. All Minnesota places and historical persons of interest are real places and people.
The story starts at a family gathering that took place in 1899 before some of Henry and Georgia’s children migrated to North Dakota. The picture on the cover of the book was taken at that time. The children asked their parents to write about their early life, and they did just that. The book is split into three categories, Henry; Georgia and then Henry and Georgia combined.
Henry writes about coming to the United States from Germany with his parents in 1852; their travels and living in Sauk Rapid, Minnesota; his experiences as a soldier in the Indian Uprising and the Civil War and arriving home to file for a homestead in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
After the war he returns to Minnesota a different man with problems known as “Soldier’s Heart.” He lost his faith in God during the war. He could not believe God would allow all the suffering he saw. Later in life he turns back to God and becomes a Methodist minister.
Georgia’s story is about coming to Minnesota from Maine with her family just at the time of the Indian Uprising; the family lived in St. Anthony for a short time and then moved to Sauk Rapids in 1864. The Bailey family had many tragic occasions in their lives. Her family was affected by the war in many different ways. Georgia became a rural teacher outside of Sauk Rapids at the age of fifteen. She tells stories about her teaching experiences.
The third book is about Henry and Georgia meeting, falling in love and getting married. The couple lived with Henry’s widowed mother the first winter and their first child is born there. In the spring they move to Henry’s homestead and start their early married life.
While this is Georgia and Henry’s story it could be the story of any of us who had Ancestors who served in the Civil War or were early settlers in the Midwest during that time.
Pioneer Journey
My book is a story about two pioneer families moving to Minnesota to begin a new life for themselves and their children. It is a historical novel based on the life of my great-grandparents who migrated to Minnesota in the 1850’s and 1860’s. They survived blizzards, locusts, Indian raids, droughts and other hardships but sometimes isolation was the hardest of all to overcome. They made a place for themselves in the wilderness of Minnesota, and later around the turn of the century they moved to the plains of North Dakota.
I didn’t have any letters or journals on which to base the story. While family members are real people, their personalities and daily activities are based on oral history and my imagination. Many of the places mentioned in my book are real places where my ancestors lived during their early years. All Minnesota places and historical persons of interest are real places and people.
The story starts at a family gathering that took place in 1899 before some of Henry and Georgia’s children migrated to North Dakota. The picture on the cover of the book was taken at that time. The children asked their parents to write about their early life, and they did just that. The book is split into three categories, Henry; Georgia and then Henry and Georgia combined.
Henry writes about coming to the United States from Germany with his parents in 1852; their travels and living in Sauk Rapid, Minnesota; his experiences as a soldier in the Indian Uprising and the Civil War and arriving home to file for a homestead in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
After the war he returns to Minnesota a different man with problems known as “Soldier’s Heart.” He lost his faith in God during the war. He could not believe God would allow all the suffering he saw. Later in life he turns back to God and becomes a Methodist minister.
Georgia’s story is about coming to Minnesota from Maine with her family just at the time of the Indian Uprising; the family lived in St. Anthony for a short time and then moved to Sauk Rapids in 1864. The Bailey family had many tragic occasions in their lives. Her family was affected by the war in many different ways. Georgia became a rural teacher outside of Sauk Rapids at the age of fifteen. She tells stories about her teaching experiences.
The third book is about Henry and Georgia meeting, falling in love and getting married. The couple lived with Henry’s widowed mother the first winter and their first child is born there. In the spring they move to Henry’s homestead and start their early married life.
While this is Georgia and Henry’s story it could be the story of any of us who had Ancestors who served in the Civil War or were early settlers in the Midwest during that time.
I didn’t have any letters or journals on which to base the story. While family members are real people, their personalities and daily activities are based on oral history and my imagination. Many of the places mentioned in my book are real places where my ancestors lived during their early years. All Minnesota places and historical persons of interest are real places and people.
The story starts at a family gathering that took place in 1899 before some of Henry and Georgia’s children migrated to North Dakota. The picture on the cover of the book was taken at that time. The children asked their parents to write about their early life, and they did just that. The book is split into three categories, Henry; Georgia and then Henry and Georgia combined.
Henry writes about coming to the United States from Germany with his parents in 1852; their travels and living in Sauk Rapid, Minnesota; his experiences as a soldier in the Indian Uprising and the Civil War and arriving home to file for a homestead in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
After the war he returns to Minnesota a different man with problems known as “Soldier’s Heart.” He lost his faith in God during the war. He could not believe God would allow all the suffering he saw. Later in life he turns back to God and becomes a Methodist minister.
Georgia’s story is about coming to Minnesota from Maine with her family just at the time of the Indian Uprising; the family lived in St. Anthony for a short time and then moved to Sauk Rapids in 1864. The Bailey family had many tragic occasions in their lives. Her family was affected by the war in many different ways. Georgia became a rural teacher outside of Sauk Rapids at the age of fifteen. She tells stories about her teaching experiences.
The third book is about Henry and Georgia meeting, falling in love and getting married. The couple lived with Henry’s widowed mother the first winter and their first child is born there. In the spring they move to Henry’s homestead and start their early married life.
While this is Georgia and Henry’s story it could be the story of any of us who had Ancestors who served in the Civil War or were early settlers in the Midwest during that time.
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| BN ID: | 2940013315389 |
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| Publisher: | Jadestone Press |
| Publication date: | 10/18/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 6 MB |
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