Stumbough's anecdotes about her kin read like a chat with a cherished friend.... She makes a bit of family research sound like a good idea". (Booklist)This colorful chronicle of pioneering experience emerges from Virginia Stumbough's priceless collection of family letters, diaries, scrapbooks, albums, and oral history. Mrs. Stumbough, who was born shortly after Oklahoma Territory achieved statehood, treats us to a wealth of family and personal recollections of the region. Now a great-grandmother, she lives in Boise, Idaho.