tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post462089062077642334..comments2024-03-27T23:13:43.597-05:00Comments on Prairie Rose Publications: How Homesteaders Shaped the West Livia J Washburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05958199886826207363noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-36779070897750764952021-05-26T13:44:50.883-05:002021-05-26T13:44:50.883-05:00Thanks, Sarah. I've been thinking about doing ...Thanks, Sarah. I've been thinking about doing a post on sod houses in the future, since I've researched different types and how they were built for my work-in-progress. You're right about the grit necessary to survive.Ann Markimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734368696667061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-38423674709744582222021-05-26T13:42:01.642-05:002021-05-26T13:42:01.642-05:00Thanks, Doris. The research is my favorite part of...Thanks, Doris. The research is my favorite part of writing.Ann Markimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734368696667061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-87249283920533601162021-05-26T13:41:12.959-05:002021-05-26T13:41:12.959-05:00Thanks for the comment. The Homestead Act was fede...Thanks for the comment. The Homestead Act was federal, but most laws pertaining to women's property rights were made by states, so they were all over the place and changed at different rates. It was a mess.Ann Markimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734368696667061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-87147742755039260162021-05-26T13:38:30.668-05:002021-05-26T13:38:30.668-05:00Thank you, Lindsay. I feel sorry for the way our g...Thank you, Lindsay. I feel sorry for the way our government has treated Native Americans through history.Ann Markimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734368696667061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-28701885784402401922021-05-26T13:34:16.969-05:002021-05-26T13:34:16.969-05:00Good to know women had a fair right to claim land ...Good to know women had a fair right to claim land along with the others. Some people were just at a disadvantage because they were too poor to afford tools and/or had never farmed before.<br />I've read about those sod houses...kinda scary with insects and snakes. It amazes me the grit those people had to survive and actually prosper.<br />A great article, Ann.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-59867440546390542962021-05-26T12:51:55.637-05:002021-05-26T12:51:55.637-05:00As always, an informative and interesting post. I ...As always, an informative and interesting post. I do love that your share you research. It is such a balm to a research nerd like me. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-76470645024784727002021-05-26T11:04:23.732-05:002021-05-26T11:04:23.732-05:00I appreciate the clarification why a married woman...I appreciate the clarification why a married woman couldn't own property because she wasn't the head of the household, yet single or divorced women could. I'd read that in a lot of states women couldn't own property, so this makes sense now, even though it's not fair. And if she came into the marriage with property, it became the husband's to control not hers. But I think Elizabeth Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16553904624219542353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-91582045390355478902021-05-26T10:25:12.892-05:002021-05-26T10:25:12.892-05:00Really interesting, Ann. I am sorry for the Native...Really interesting, Ann. I am sorry for the Native Americans. For others the act seems to have been a chance at liberation.<br /><br />Christine - Love the idea of the axe throwing! Lindsay Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11513558547686982857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-55620436758567196212021-05-26T09:18:18.610-05:002021-05-26T09:18:18.610-05:00Thanks for sharing the fascinating information abo...Thanks for sharing the fascinating information about the British common law. I didn't find reference to it in my research, but I was concentrating more on the "effect" of the Act than its derivation. But it makes sense, and it's interesting to see how this might have evolved.Ann Markimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734368696667061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-622556586823009842021-05-26T08:00:48.763-05:002021-05-26T08:00:48.763-05:00Fascinating. The hope which fuelled these people w...Fascinating. The hope which fuelled these people was often based on their lives being just as hard working for someone else in the old country, and with no prospect of getting out of it. Fascinating rule about the house building. As Lincoln was a lawyer I do wonder if there was any basis in which the ancient common law rule in the British isles called Tŷ unnos was considered. It allowed people toC.A.Asbreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12342631407475364397noreply@blogger.com