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County Library by Kathleen Duffy

F-Frontier Life Not the slice, glamorized and exaggerated tales of the modern novel, movie, or even of the turn of the century penny journal, but true accounts found in the diaries, letters, and recollections of those who tried to tame a wilderness. "It was such a new world reaching to the far horizon without break of tree or chimney stack; just sky and grass and grass and sky. ..The hush was so loud... In about a week we had a cabin ready to move into; it had a dirt floor and dirt roof, but I tacked muslim overhead and pyt down lots of hay and sproad a rag carpet on the floor, I put the tool chest, the trunks, the goods box made into a cupboard and the beds around the wall to hold down the carpet, as there was nothing to tack it... So we were real cozy and comfortable." THE DAIRIES of women who settled the Kansas frontier, edited by Joanna L. Stratton (305.42) and called; Pioneer Women, will provide great insight into prarie life and awe of human sacrafices it took to settle. To bring a selection of this material to life for the reader, the library also has a recording of some excerpts from this book A related book of recent vintage is Women 's Diaries of the Westward Journey (978.02 W) by Lillian Schlissel: "We finally made our way through., to

Oregon, it was late in the year and the winter rains had started. We had been eight months on the raod instead of five, we were out of food, and our cattle were nearly worn out... We lived on boiled wheat and boiled peas that winter." EITHER OF these books will take the exaggeration of the folk heroes and instill amazement of the strength and fortitude of our forebearers. A last book on women of the West gives sketches of great women who did not make it into the folk hero category, such as Sally Skull. A Texas rancher; Polly Pry. western journalist who stooped the Denver Post, and the rags to riches stories such as Mae Hutton — cook, miner, philanthrapist and militant suffragette — is The Women Who Made the West (920 W) collected by the Western Writers of America. The Land Our Fathers Plowed; The Settlement of Our Country As Told By the Pioneers and Their Contemporaries covers the settling of the east, south and far west as well as such gems as "Ploughing the Missouri Prarie Sod" (630.1). The Pioneer Years 1895 1914; Memories of Settlers Who Opened the West (971.202 B) by Barry Broadfoot recounts the joys of barn raisings, the loneliness of the prarie. threshing parties, one-

room schoolhouse — all in a land that was free but getting it to yield a living was something else. Voices from the Wilderness; The Frontiersman's Own Story (973 F) includes descriptions by the famous such as Daniel Boone. George Rogers Clark, Kit Carson, William F. Cody and Jim Bridger on aspects of the West such as "Survival in the Desert", "Elk Hunting on the Susquahanna", "Snowbound in the Rockies" and Crockett's "Half-Horse, Half-Alligator". True Tales of the Old Time Plains; People and Animals and Events of Long-Ago Days in Kansas. Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska. Wyoming. Montana and the Dakotas (978 T) By David Dary. which describes itself in its title, so I wiR add only that his stories^ capture the romance, excitement and adventure of the Old West as well as quiet tempo of growing grass. We Lived There Too: In Their Own Words and Pictures — Pioneer Jews and the Westward Movement of America 1630- 1930 ( 978.0W

L) by Kenneth Libo has been constructed out of unpublished diaries, memoirs, letters, newspaper articles, photographs and drawings which give insight into the trials and tribulations of a Yiddish-speaking cowboy in North Dakota or what it was like for a PolishJewish wife and mother on the Arizona frontier. The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro ■ Cavalrymen of the West <357.1 If by William H. Leckie adds a neglected chapter not only to frontier history and black history but to military history. The World Rushed In; The California Gold Rush Expe-rie- nee — an Eyewitness Account of a Nation Heading West (B S) by J. S. Hollidav is built on the diary and letters of a gold seeker named William Swain and gives the reader a compelling opportunity to part of the life and times of the '40'ers from the spring of 1849 to February 1851. > Lf

DYFS Divides Youth v< From Page 54) lawless tactics'' The giant of our land is the Division of Youth and Family Services And it is appropriately nam ed. for it divides youth and family Beware! Someday he may be crouching at your door' All it takes to stir him into action is one false accusation And you. mom and dad. must prove you're innocent while he stands as judge, pronouncing you guilty without a trial VICTORIA KELLY Erma Iron Horses of War (From Page 54) in two Fifes across the Delaware River, one barricade lying just below the junction of the Schuylkill River with the Delaware. They were placed there to prevent the British delivery of food to their army by the easy water route. THE WOODEN CRIBS were made at places along the river, then towed out and loaded with big boulders, thus anchoring the iron horse where it would do damage to any ship passing on the river surface. The second barrier was placed across the river about a mile further south, at Billingsport. New Jersey, where there were forts on both shores of the Delaware, adding further protection from British ships The iron horses proved to be a definite deterrent to anyenemy attempts to sail up the Delaware. History records that the British fleet remained anchored for weeks near or in the Delaware Bay. off Cape May. (ED NOTE: Freas writes from Villas). Teens: A Place to Go (From Page 54). our teens have fun. Parents, it is up to you to make sure your teens are not just wasting precious time hanging around, when they can be learning. If you would rather your teens go to your church for teen night, and your church does not have one. then start one. You can start a teen ministry right in your own church But all of that work on your part is not necessary because churches in the area already have one. Call the different churches to find out exactly what they have for your teens. Grace Gospel cares for teens. Call us and find out what we have for your teenagers. We are an Independent, fundamental. Baptistic Church which takes the great commission seriously, t DEBRA WILSON Grace Go^el Chapel Rio Grande

Joyride III Jk By Libby Demp Forrest V ] n It s 10 P.M. Do you know where your children are? They're in my attic shooting pool Okay, playing billiards. Five years ago I dismantled the billiard table after a summer when I had it up to here with kids in dripping wet bathing suits shooting pool in the living room I carried the billiard table up two fights of stairs and hid it in a remote corner of the attic. I covered it with an old bedspread. On top of the bedspread I piled old cartons which I cleverly marked "old schoolbooks and text notes." ON TOP OF the cartons I piled all the most awful look ing dust collectors I could find. Then I barracaded the whole mess behind an old crib and tied it to the leg of an old table. I did think of adding the finishing touch of barbed wire, but I didn't have any handy around the house. And I forgot to set a booby trap. LAST WEEK No. 2 rediscovered the old pool table in the attic. In less time than if takes to say. "Hey. Mom. you should see what I found up here in the attic," the billiard table was released from its cage. "I always wondered what happened to the pool table." ' No. 2 commented as he raced to the telophone in the kitchen while tstood at the sink clutching my heart. Before I could grab the phone away to dial Medic 9. the doorbell was ringipg as maturing young men responded to the call of the bjtflards. NOW MY EVENINGS are spent answering the doorbell, pointing to the attic and saving myself from runaway billiard balls that come careening down the stairs. I keep asking myself why I didn't go out five years ago and buy that barbed wire. I keep asking myself why I didn't give the billiard table to the trashman in the first place. And then I say to myself : no one can ever say of me. that mother doesn't know where the children are It's 10 p.m as 1 write this. I know where all the children are I can hear them in the pool hall over my bed

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