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