GOING, GOING…SOLD! A SHORT HISTORY OF BOX SUPPER SOCIALS ON THE PRAIRIE–by Jo-Ann Roberts

With homesteads on the American prairie often far from the nearest town, people needed a unique way to get together, aside from an occasional quilting bee or barn raising. Some ingenious folks came up with the idea of holding a “box social” as a way to catch up with friends, smile at new babies, and—and ... Read more

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