Frank Greerson and Gregory Young have been discharged from the Army and are headed to their childhood homes. They both defied their parents in 1861 when they joined the Army. After battling southern rebels and preserving the Union of the United States of America, the two men set out to battle the Kansas Prairie and build a life together. Once they find their claim, they encounter common obstacles to life on the Kansas Prairie in 1866: Native Americans, tornadoes, wild animals, and weather.<br><br>When a prairie fire destroys their crops and takes their neighbor’s lives, Frank and Gregory are instructed to find their young son’s aunt. Faced with leaving a destroyed claim, the railroad coming through their land, and dwindling funds, Frank and Gregory must decide whether to leave the place they have worked hard to make their own or fulfill their friends' dying wishes.

A Place to Call Their Own

It wasn’t until Frank heard the rifle cock did he even notice that he had grabbed the gun by his side, jumped up, and pointed it at Phillip Bernard.


“Mr. Bernard, I don’t take kindly to your advances.”


Phillip Bernard put his hands up in the air, yet chuckled at the situation.


“Well, why not, Mr. Greerson? Are we not two men with needs traveling out here without women to take care of those urges?”


“My needs are taken care of, thank you, Mr. Bernard. Now, you go on, or I will shoot.”


“Oh yeah? And just how are those desires being taken care of?” Phillip Bernard asked, his hands still raised, yet limp.


Frank gave him the only answer he knew, and it came straight from his heart. “Mr. Young and I are in a committed relationship, Mr. Bernard. Have been since we served together in the Federal Army. The manner in which we take care of our needs is nobody’s business but our own.”


Chapter 15