Ida May and Edith Eudora Ammon homesteaded in North Dakota in the 1880s, expecting their venture to be a lark. They intended proving up, getting title to the land, then selling their claims and returning home. But the land captivated them, and soon they were helping other landseekers establish their own claims. Ida eventually opened a school, general store and post office. Edith founded her own newspaper. It wasn’t the Ammon sisters’ original plan, but they had started a town. Oregon nove
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