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ROSALYN LOUISE ALBERS
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_We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run_
Thousands of land-hungry people edged the Oklahoma border that April day
in 1889, awaiting the signal that would send them across! What was in
store for them? Wild riding! Possibly danger. Certainly adventure. And
young Alec Simpson with his twin sisters, Cindy and Mindy, was to be a
part of it.
It had been a long, hard journey for Jed Simpson and his family up the
Cherokee Trail from Missouri. But the promised prize of a homestead in
the rich, fertile land of Oklahoma was worth it.
Then came the long-awaited starting shot! And men on horseback, on foot,
in buckboards and covered wagons careened across the border to stake
their claims. Jed Simpson, riding alongside his partner, Pete Brent,
leapt out in front. And just as fast, tomboy Cindy raced after them to
give her father his forgotten gun. So it was three, rather than two, who
staked claim to the sweetest land in all of Oklahoma.
Their joy was short-lived, however, with the sudden disappearance of
gentle Mindy and the arrival of a short, swarthy man with cat's eyes. It
took all of Alec and Cindy's own special brand of magic to spirit Mindy
back.
The Simpsons had indeed earned the proud name of homesteaders. And for
Alec, Cindy and Mindy it was a new life just begun in a golden land.
WE-WERE-THERE BOOKS are easy to read and provide exciting, entertaining
stories, based upon true historic events. Each story is checked for
factual accuracy by an outstanding authority on this particular phase of
our history. Though written for young readers, they make interesting
reading for boys and girls well into their teens.