Adventures in frontier America

In 1802 the Craley family set up a new home in Kentucky where they hoped to find good land for farming.

A Norwegian family suffers great hardship as they try to establish a farm on the plains of the Dakota territory in the 1870's.

In California in 1848 two brothers helping to build a sawmill for John Sutter witness the discovery of gold and decide to stake out a claim for themselves.

Grandpa tells his family in 1827 about Daniel Boone's leadership in settling Kentucky.

In 1802 the Craley family set up a new home in Kentucky where they hope to find good land for farming.

In the 1840's twelve-year-old Kristi travels from her family's sod house on the Iowa prairie to an Indiana town to stay with relatives and get an education.

In 1836, the Sawyers leave Massachusetts to travel to the Ohio River valley for the beginning of a new life.

Grandpa tells his family in 1827 about Daniel Boone's leadership in settling Kentucky.

Two children travel with their older brother across the country by wagon train from Virginia to the Oregon Territory.

Recounts the growth of the town of Nesbitt's Crossing from the time the first settlers, the Nesbitt family, came to that area of Wisconsin in 1848.