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

Frank’s temper got the best of him. “What are you doing? Don’t you see we’ve got crops planted there?”


“Well, well, well,” sneered Phillip Bernard. “If it isn’t you two.” He paused dramatically. “How nice that we meet again.”


“What is going on here, Bernard?” Gregory blurted out.


“You’re Mr. Young, if I remember right.”


Phillip Bernard paused, and Gregory nodded to answer him.


“We are surveying land for the Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Company. That railroad is going to come right through here from Leavenworth, Kansas, and go all the way to Galveston, Texas.”


Frank’s eyes narrowed as he asked suspiciously, “And where are your papers, your orders?” After the incident near St. Joseph, Frank didn’t trust Phillip Bernard at all.


“Johnson, go grab the orders from my saddlebag and get back to work.”


Chapter 47