
Young Thomas Early lived with his mother and father in a sod house on a farm in the middle of a vast, desolate prairie. When he was only ten years old, both of his parents passed away. His distant aunt and uncle, Millie and Zachary Stockbridge, rode over to care for him. The...

Young Thomas Early had a hard and austere childhood. He lived with his mother and father on a small farm in Eastern Kansas. Life on the farm was laborious, difficult, and uncertain, but the family managed to eke out a meager living on the limitless, barren prairie. When young...