Our homestead not only had a cabin, but it boasted a small patch of sweet corn planted by the first filer on the land.
"Land of the Burnt Thigh"
Edith Eudora Kohl
C. J. H. filer, 55 Pa.
"In and Out of Rebel Prisons"
Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper
I came through from down-river with two new teamsters and a saw-filer, and hearin' Mr. Barrett was able to set up and talk a little business for the first time, I stepped into Rod Ide's house, and we fixed.
"King Spruce, A Novel"
Holman Day