Montana: Stories of the Land
Companion Website and Online Teacher's Guide
Chapter 13 - Homesteading This Dry Land, 1905-1920
Chapter 1 - Montana: Where the Land Writes History
Chapter 2 - People of the Dog Days
Chapter 3 - From Dog Days to Horse Warriors
Chapter 4 - Newcomers Explore the Region
Chapter 5 - Beaver, Bison, and Black Robes
Chapter 6 - Montana's Gold and Silver Boom
Chapter 7 - Two Worlds Collide
Chapter 8 - Livestock and the Open Range
Chapter 9 - Railroads Link Montana to the Nation
Chapter 10 - Politics and the Copper Kings
Chapter 11 - The Early Reservation Years
Chapter 12 - Logging in the "High Lonesome"
Chapter 13 - Homesteading This Dry Land
Chapter 14 - Towns Have Lives, Too
Chapter 15 - Progressive Montana
Chapter 16 - Montana and World War I
Chapter 17 - Montanans on the Move
Chapter 18 - The Great Depression Transforms Montana
Chapter 19 - World War II in Montana
Chapter 20 - Building a New Montana
Chapter 21 - A People's Constitution
Chapter 22 - Living in a New Montana
Online textbook: Chapter 13
Worksheet 1: Analyzing a Primary Source
Worksheet 2: Women Homesteading
Learning from Historical Documents:
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"Boyhood Recollections: A Narrative of Homestead Days in North Eastern Montana," by Otto Jorgensen
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Letter from W. M. Black to Gov. Joseph Dixon, from Shelby, 1921, Requesting Aid for Drought Victims
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Montana Homesteading Brochure
For Educators: Resources
Interesting Links
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Learn about sod houses through this interactive game from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
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View an interactive timeline about homesteading in Montana.
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Discover the homesteading stories of Esther, Lydia and Anna Strasburger.
