In my Prescott Pioneers Series and Desert Manna Series , I mention the Governor's Mansion in Prescott, AZ. Here's more of the history...

This picture shows a loom and spinner that might have been used in the 1800’s. In some places where fabric availability was rare, women...

I love this picture from the Pioneer Living History Museum of a homestead kitchen. This particular picture comes from a cabin circa...

The row of irons, shown here, are varying in sizes. I’m not sure of the exact dates or eras, but I would guess they were between the...

This washer machine, the 20th Century (model name), was first produced in the early 1900’s around 1910 by the Nineteen Hundred Washing...

On a recent trip to a museum, I was excited to find these three coffee grinders. The one on the top right is an Enterprise coffee...

On a research trip to a museum, I came across this fascinating little home appliance. It’s called a meat juice press. Landers, Frary, &...

These two pictures show two different iron stoves. The left picture was most likely made in the early 1900s and is much larger than what...

While many women headed west on the Santa Fe Trail with their families, some hired on with the Army or freighters. Regardless of why...

In the 1860s, while eastern states saw women as equals, that was rarely the case in the west. The patriarch still ruled in the west,...

In many of my novels, I love to put women Tin untraditional roles like: Horse Trainer / Hotel Clerk - A Heart Renewed (Prescott Pioneers...

In A Dream Unfolding (Prescott Pioneers Book 1) , my characters travel with the first governor of the Arizona Territory as John N....

In Beauty for Ashes (Desert Manna Book 1) , several characters work for a freight company as teamsters. Freighting in the early days of...

In A Dream Unfolding (Prescott Pioneers Book 1) and in The Reluctant Cattleman (Colter Sons Book 1) , I mention that Governor John...

One of the things I love about writing historical fiction is that I get to read tons of books about real history. I am inspired by the...