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

The rest of their day consisted of packing the house and stable and loading it all into the wagon. At one point in the afternoon, Frank noticed James was nowhere to be seen.


“Greg, where’s James?” he asked, not really looking up or stopping what he was doing.


“I don’t know. I thought he was with you,” Gregory answered. “Go see if he’s helping Ma.”


Frank went inside to find Viola finished with the kitchen stuff and working on the bedroom.


“Ma, is James with you?” Frank called out, his voice echoing throughout the house.


Viola stuck her head out the bedroom door. “No, I thought he was outside with you men.”


“Neither Gregory nor I have seen him lately. Let’s go check with Harley.”


They went out the back door, and just as Frank was going to yell for Harley, he looked up at the crosses on the northern ridge. There among them were the silhouettes of James and Sally.


“You’d better make sure he’s all right,” Viola counseled.


Chapter 60