Harold and Joan Beck Crumpley were high school sweethearts who have been life-partners for over forty years. As a history teacher, Harold has many years of experience helping students make their personal connections to American History through family-history projects. In retirement he did the same for his family by telling the stories of their southern ancestors. Now, with the collaboration of Joan, he is doing the same for her family--”Yankee farmers” who pioneered the American west. “This is our children’s, grandchildren’s, nieces’ and nephews’ heritage and these books should be family heirlooms for generations to come.”