Rosella Riceher stories · 1854 to 1891
Contents of this archive

All the stories

Thirty-nine pages of text by Rosella Rice, grouped by the series they ran in. The three big series from Arthur's Home Magazine come first, then the two 1887 school articles and her 1879 address, then the standalone pieces: the Johnny Appleseed sketch of 1876, her earliest listed piece in the magazine from 1854, an undated newspaper tale of Old Red Lion, the golden wedding talk, and Log Cabin Life of Long Ago, printed in 1891 after her death.

Each story page carries the text as it appeared on the original site, with a short note underneath on when it appeared and what in it can be checked against the record.

Fifty Years Ago, or The Cabins of the West

1875

  1. No. 1Poor Kitty Sommers2 pages
  2. No. 2The Old Pettingill Farm2 pages
  3. No. 3First Day of School2 pages
  4. No. 4Tom and Bessie2 pages
  5. No. 5Frontier Neighbors2 pages
  6. No. 6Coming to Ohio1 page
  7. No. 7Father’s Stories1 page
  8. No. 8A Sing’lar Girl1 page
  9. No. 9Rich in Dogs1 page
  10. No. 10Gran’ther and the Witch1 page
  11. No. 11Log School, Blockhouse and Indian Village1 page
  12. No. 12Uncle Harry off to the canal1 page

Old Hearth Stones, and the Tales They Tell

1876

  1. No. 1Visiting the Site of the Copus Massacre1 page
  2. No. 2Cap’n Marshall’s Haunted Cabin1 page
  3. No. 3The Fortune-teller and Fate1 page
  4. No. 4The Yankee Schoolmaster2 pages

Fading Footprints, or The Lowly Lives of Long Ago

1879

  1. No. 1Second-Cousin Lydia and the Patchwork Quilt1 page
  2. No. 2Wagon Ride Into the Past1 page
  3. No. 3Childhood of mush and milk1 page
  4. No. 4The Courting of Aunt Betsey1 page
  5. No. 5The New Schoolmaster — a Stranger2 pages

Our Schools, School-Houses and School Masters of Long Ago

1887

  1. No. 1Our Schools, School-Houses and Schoolmasters of Long Ago, No. 11 page
  2. No. 2Our Schools, School-Houses and Schoolmasters of Long Ago, No. 21 page

A Pioneer Talk

  1. ·A Pioneer Talk2 pages

Single stories and sketches

  1. ·Golden Anniversary2300 words
  2. ·Old Red Lion, the Last of the Delawares2300 words
  3. 1854The First Wedding and the First Funeral2700 words
  4. 1874An Old-Time Reminiscence1100 words
  5. 1876Johnny Appleseed3500 words
  6. 1888How Papa Found Mamma2900 words
  7. 1891Log Cabin Life of Long Ago3100 words

About Rosella Rice

  1. ·Rosella Rice: Life, Family and Green Townshipbiography
  2. ·Rosella Rice Bibliographylist of works
  3. ·About this archivehow it was restored