Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead Explained

Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Location:Off Wyoming Highway 414
Nearest City:McKinnon, Wyoming
Coordinates:41.0122°N -109.9931°W
Built:1898
Builder:Clyde Stewart
Added:April 25, 1985
Refnum:85000871

The Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead, near McKinnon, Wyoming, United States, has significance dating to 1898. Also known as the Elinore and Clyde Stewart Homestead, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It is significant for representing "the long overlooked role of women homesteaders in the American West"[1] and for its association with Elinore Pruitt Stewart's book, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, which was a basis for the 1979 film Heartland.[2] [3] Elinore Pruitt Rupert, the author-to-be, arrived in Wyoming in 1909 and filed for homestead property before marrying Mr. Stewart, whose own homestead filing was close by.[4] The homestead house on the property consists of a c.1898 log cabin and c.1909 additions.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead. wyoshpo.wyo.gov. 2020-03-04.
  2. Web site: 'Heartland' is Likely the Best Period Drama You've Never Seen. 2017-04-26. Willow and Thatch. en-US. 2020-03-04.
  3. News: Ferretti. Fred. 'Heartland'- a Triumph of True Grit. 1981-11-22. The New York Times. 2020-03-04. en-US. 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85000871}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead / Elinore and Clyde Stewart Homestead ]. Sherry Smith . March 22, 1984 . National Park Service. and