Reading the newspaper article on her posted by LaVelda Faull about her gg-grandmother's experience homesteading in Cowley County reminds me of stories I heard as a child from my greatgrandmother, Sarah Helen Newlin Hoover, and her daughter, Nora. Helen was a pioneer child, immigrating with her family to Liberty Township, Cowley County in 1872 at age 10. I was ten when she died at age 95. She said when they were small the Indians used to come by and demand food, just as described in the newspaper article. Her mother would have the three little girls hide under the bed while she prepared food for the Indians. Helen's daughter, Nora, said that a man from Joplin, Missouri, used to come to the area periodically with a wagon load of fruit for the settlers to buy. Has anyone else heard of this? Cynthia Phillips Cowley County Family Interests: Newlin, Hoover, McAlister, Pierce, Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/