Hope and endurance grew alongside the wildflowers of the untamed west---and in the heart of a young pioneer woman who's determined to survive the Indian massacres, prairie wildfires, and harsh weather of the Montana Territory.

Amish Kermit and Joy move to Beechwood Acres only to discover that someone is living in an old abandoned range shelter on their property. Then there is the visit from Joy's great-grandmother who brought an old journal written by her mother when she lived in the Conestoga Valley of Lancaster Co., Pa., in the 1700s.

Promiseland: Callie McGregor is a young pioneer woman determined to survive the Indian massacres, prairie wildfires, droughts and blizzards of the Montana Territory and help settle the west. Her journals bring to life the men and women who endured these problems and more, transporting readers to a time long gone. A ragged old man leaves a Christmas gift Callie will never forget. A dying mother tries to drown her children rather than leave them as...