In the year of 1810, ten year old Gwen and her two younger brothers were orphaned when renegade Indians raided their farm, killing their parents and set fire to the cabin. They were spared from being killed because they were playing in the cornfield ...
Gretchen married Will Solenski at the age of fifteen and they traveled by wagon train to homestead in the Ohio Valley. The love they had for one another was 'a gift right straight from the good Lord' as Gretchen put it. They were disappointed they h...
From the back alleys of London, twelve year old Mattie Townsend sailed to America to be auctioned off to whomever would pay her fare. She had signed a bondservant agreement guaranteeing the next five years of her life. She found love and sorrow in he...