This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
My Center of the United States Farm Chronicle
A first person reminiscence traces a farm family’s journey from Ohio borderlands into Kansas prairie life. The narrator, born near Maryville Missouri, describes settler hardship, resourcefulness, and pride in a long family farming lineage connected to the Croys and Sewells. It recalls sod houses, prairie work, orchard planting, hedge fences, and community growth as roads and schools arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey
Washington, D. C
Continental
Alaska
Smith County
Kansas
Lebanon
Maryville
Missouri
Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph
Iowa Line
Salt Lake City
Great Plains
Jesse James
Milyfather
Ohio
California
Athens County
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Kew
Bret
Umber
Homestead Land
Croy
Anyome
Susan Sewell
Amos Croy
Will
Croys
Sewells
Chickamauga
Osage
Marquille
Grandfather Croy
Uncle Jim
Dexter
Uncle Purl
Johnson
Red Sea