Discuss the difficulty and risk of homesteading and share your opinion on Vlad's attempt.
Yes Gail, at least he tried. Gotta give him that. I grew up on a homestead established and proved on by my grandfather. He was 24 years old in 1902, 15 miles (no roads) from the nearest town. He married my grandmother in 1905 and she lived in a sod house (ever try housekeeping in one?) for 12 years. She was probably ready to kill him by then. At least two out of three homesteads failed in that area. Vlad is brave but dumb. Like a lot of homesteaders are or were.