In this historical account the author writes about the lives of his ancestors in great detail. From documents saved by these pioneers and unpublished stories of their lives an intriguing story unfolds. The story reveals the joys and sorrows of two families that homestead in western Oklahoma at the turn of the century. Born in 1866 the daughter of a Union civil war veteran, Susie Jones and her husband John struggled to prove up their homestead. At the same time Nathan McAlister, who grew up in Texas, brings his family to Oklahoma to file a homestead. Using pictures and letters from family...