Letters Of A Woman Homesteader (1914)

The writer of the following letters is a young
woman who lost her husband in a railroad
accident and went to Denver to seek support
for herself and her two-year-old daughter,
Jerrine. Turning her hand to the nearest
work, she went out by the day as house-
cleaner and laundress. Later, seeking to bet-
ter herself, she accepted 'employment as "a
housekeeper for a well-to-do Scotch cattle-
man, Mr. Stewart, who had taken up a
quarter-section in Wyoming. The letters,
written through several' years to a former
employer in Denver, tell the story of her new
life in the new country. They are genuine
letters, and are printed as written, except for
occasional omissions and the alteration of
some of the names.