The Sand Hills, Looking Back

The American pioneers who made their way west in the 1800s were a strong and determined people experiencing many hardships; struggling to establish a better life of independence and fulfillment. This book contains many of their stories, including the sad, but inspiring story of the brave Ponca Chief, Standing Bear, the Homestead Act, the cattle barons and cowboys. Surviving: life in a sod house, Indians, dust storms and locusts. It tells of the strength and caliber of the Morter family who built a house in the Sand Hills, and a grandson who spent a summer at the ranch in 1941. That summer is his story of adventures-not to be missed.