Brewster Martin Higley VI
His poem "My Western Home" provided the words for "Home on the Range."
Daniel E. Kelley
Kelley wrote the music that turned Higley's poem into a song.
Brewster Higley’s Home on the Range
Higley built this cabin to replace his original sod house. It's uncertain in which he actually wrote the famous poem.
Homesteader Home
Homesteaders who didn't have access to timber commonly built this sort of sod house.
"Oh, give me the gale of the Solomon vale"
The Solomon River, made famous by Brewster Higley, runs across northern Kansas.
"I love, too, the curlew's wild scream"
Here's a shot of the the noisy shorebird.