Karen BaneyOct 20, 20221 minHomestead HouseHomestead House: KitchenI love this picture from the Pioneer Living History Museum of a homestead kitchen. This particular picture comes from a cabin circa...
Karen BaneySep 15, 20221 minhistoryHomestead House: StoveThese two pictures show two different iron stoves. The left picture was most likely made in the early 1900s and is much larger than what...
Karen BaneySep 1, 20221 minhistoryThe 1860s Woman Part 2: Perception & PursuitsIn the 1860s, while eastern states saw women as equals, that was rarely the case in the west. The patriarch still ruled in the west,...
Karen BaneyMay 20, 20222 minhistoryDrama Selecting Arizona's CapitalIn A Dream Unfolding (Prescott Pioneers Book 1), my characters travel with the first governor of the Arizona Territory as John N. Goodwin...
Karen BaneyApr 11, 20222 minhistoryFirst Arizona Territorial Governor OverlookedIn A Dream Unfolding (Prescott Pioneers Book 1) and in The Reluctant Cattleman (Colter Sons Book 1), I mention that Governor John Goodwin...