Here is a photograph of a Morman Family living on the plains of Kansas around 1868, notice the absent of a gun over the door way? Usually a large caliber or shot gun would hand over the door outside the cabin. If a family settling the plains laid a claim to a section of land, build his sod home or Log Cabin, plant his field or garden, do this all within a year would consider himself lucky, by just staying alive with his hair.
