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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Nation's last woman homesteader once called Nebraska home
- By CINDY LANGE-KUBICK / Lincoln Journal Star
- Apr 29, 2012
- Apr 29, 2012 Updated Sep 3, 2012
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Betty Smith stands at the confluence of the Delta and Tanana Rivers, Delta Junction, Alaska, her homestead across the river behind her. (STEVE DUBOIS/For the Lincoln Journal Star)
STEVE DUBOIS/For the Lincoln Journal Star
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By CINDY LANGE-KUBICK / Lincoln Journal Star
Before she became the last woman homesteader in America, she became a widow.
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