Between 1991 and 1996, Deanna Kawatski wrote regularly for MOTHER EARTH NEWS, sharing her homesteading wisdom and experiences. Deanna spent almost 15 years as a self-described “wilderness mother,” in ...

Occupation: An oxymoron in their off-grid wilderness setting, Tammy Trayer is a web designer and programmer by trade, but her passions are writing, educating, and helping others. Tammy is a wife, ...

Homesteading in Alaska was still possible in the 1990s. The original Homestead Act, signed into law in 1892 by Abraham Lincoln, had recently expired, but the state allowed applicants to obtain a ...

In this BBC archive clip from 1962, Alan Whicker meets the adventurous New Jersey couple who chose to tough it out in the Alaskan wilderness in a new life as homesteaders. In History finds out what ...

Before it was called social distancing or self-isolating, it was called homesteading, and it was something heartier Alaskans did by choice. Find some land, stake out the boundaries, build a cabin, and ...

HOMER — Tomorrow, America celebrates Veterans Day with parades and ceremonies honoring those who have served in the armed forces. A Kachemak Bay family took the celebration one step further last month ...