![]() The homestead house on the property consists of a c.1898 log cabin and c.1909 additions. Stewart, whose own homestead filing was close by. From there, in 1909, took up homesteading in Burnt Fork, Wyoming to prove that a woman could ranch, which she did admirably. Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart Foreward by Jessamyn West A Bison Book (University of Nebraska Press) - First printing 1961. Elinore Pruitt Rupert, the author-to-be, arrived in Wyoming in 1909 and filed for homestead property before marrying Mr. Author Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876 - 1933) lost her husband in a railroad accident and moved to Denver to work to support herself & a two-year-old daughter. ![]() It is significant for representing "the long overlooked role of women homesteaders in the American West" and for its association with Elinore Pruitt Stewart's book, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, which was a basis for the 1979 film Heartland. Also known as the Elinore and Clyde Stewart Homestead, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Subsequently she filed her own claim and married the rancher. In 1909 she took a job working for a rancher near Burnt Fork, Wyoming. ![]() The Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead, near McKinnon, Wyoming, United States, has significance dating to 1898. Letters of a Woman Homesteader After losing her husband, Elinore Pruitt washed clothes in Denver to support herself and her daughter. ![]()
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