Illinois to Oregon--Lionbergers

Farming at the turn of the century was a hard row to hoe, especially in Nebraska. Relive Albert S. Lionberger family’s trials and tribulations, growth, and romance with his branch of the Illinois Lionbergers and their farming and family ventures and adventures in Nebraska at the beginning of the twentieth century. Drought, tornado, prairie fires, advent of automobiles, airplanes, phonographs, telephones, and motion pictures brought drama and magic to their lives, usually filled with dreary days of drudgery on their isolated farm near N. Platte. Later, Al’s dream of Oregon was after replanting in Washington and Idaho for the next decade as some of his boys reached manhood, their own farming, business, and family enterprises, in spite of youthful brainstorms, domestic terrorism, and WWI military experiences.