Neighbors Laughed at Her Dugout Cabin Beneath the Home — Until Her Firewood Stayed Dry At Blizzard

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The first shovel full of earth came out of the hillside on September 14th, 1873. And that's when the talking started. Helena Novak had arrived in Kuster County, Nebraska 3 weeks earlier with a wagon, two oxen, a milk cow, and enough determination to make the other homesteaders nervous. She wasn't building up. She was digging down. By the time she'd... Read More