Lone Tree Claim

<p>Like many Americans Civil War widow Katie Rose Kelly was determined to build a new life for herself after the devastation of war. She was drawn to the Dakota frontier where she claimed 160 acres and became a sheepherder.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>But that was just the beginning of her journey.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>As a woman alone on the wide-open Dakota frontier she fought nature as well as powerful cattle ranchers who saw sheep as competition for valuable grazing lands. With grit and determination Katie built a new life fostered new friendships and kindled new love.</p><p><br></p><p>CK Van Dam paints a vivid picture of Dakota Territory's lush beautiful prairies and nature's frightful fury. Lone Tree Claim is the second story in the sweeping saga On the Dakota Frontier.</p>