Abstract:This longitudinal study of three successful homesteader families in Marshall County, Kansas, from 1870 to the present, is based on both archival research and the author's family's stories. By surveying two to four generations for each of the three homesteader families, the study presents three different patterns for the experience of successful homesteader families and their descendants, as well as specific examples for some of the conclusions in Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History (2017) by Richard Edwards, Jacob K. Friefeld, and Rebecca S. Wingo.

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堪萨斯州马歇尔县三个自耕农家庭的纵向研究

摘要：这项对 1870 年至今堪萨斯州马歇尔县三个成功的自耕农家庭的纵向研究基于档案研究和作者家庭的故事。通过对三个自耕农家庭中的每一个进行两到四代人的调查，该研究展示了成功自耕农家庭及其后代的三种不同模式，以及在《耕地平原：迈向新历史》中的一些结论的具体例子（2017 年），作者是 Richard Edwards、Jacob K. Friefeld 和 Rebecca S. Wingo。