This book is a detailed story of a young girl who grew up in Iowa in 1859. It was originally handwritten by the author around the year 1928 when she was seventy years old and passed down through generations. This printed version of her story stayed the same. There was not correction of grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. It was important to keep it as close to the original as possible. The story was made to print by the author's great-great granddaughter.