As I research patriot and pioneer women, I am constantly confounded and humbled by their grit. Folks, we truly have no idea how feisty...

Life on the Western frontier for a woman was hard enough. Can you imagine being a minority? There were probably few things treated with...

Mollie came to Cripple Creek, CO in 1891 to visit her son. Gold had just been discovered at the settlement and Perry Gortner had been...

by Heather Blanton As I research patriot women, I am often struck by the gaps in their stories or the way simple phrases skim over what...

I wonder who they were, why they were there, what did they hope to find in America? I am especially fascinated by Eleanor White Dare. Why...

“Sugar and spice and everything nice That’s what little patriots are made of.” My curiosity about our Founding Mothers has certainly led...

In 1775, Massachusetts was considered the most rebellious of the colonies (wow, how times have changed).  Some of the most feisty patriot...

Kate, the daughter of a South Carolina farmer, was the oldest of ten children. I’m thinking she was also a head-strong girl with a mind...

“Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.” — Thomas Jefferson,...

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