The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Brewster Higley wrote the poem "My Western Home" in this cabin in Smith County.
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The exterior walls of Brewster Higley's cabin. A rusted buzz saw blade notes 1872, when the cabin was constructed.
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Brewster Higley's cabin has three limestone walls and one log wall. The interior has a dirt floor and a few late-19th century artifacts.
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Brewster Higley's cabin has three limestone walls and one log wall. The interior has a dirt floor and a few late-19th century artifacts.
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The interior of Brewster Higley's cabin has a few late-19th century artifacts associated with life on the prairie, none connected to Higley. The cabin, with its dirt floor, is sparsely decorated.
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The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle
The land surrounding Brewster Higley's cabin looks much the same as when he first wrote "My Western Home," later set to music and renamed "Home on the Range."
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Beccy Tanner / The Wichita Eagle