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Mo’ Curious: Building a Modern Homesteader Community

Starting back in the 1960s, growing numbers of young people in these United States of America starting dropping out. Turned off by mainstream society, they turned their backs on career advancement, corner offices and getting ahead. Instead, many of these back-to-the-landers opted for buying land, building cabins and growing food. Many set up shop here in Missouri and started homesteading in the heartland.

In this episode of Mo’ Curious, we meet four homesteaders whose lives overlapped around a shared purpose, making music and forest protection. An earlier episode focused on a homesteader family who now have multiple generations living on that land.

Thanks to Denise Vaughn, Hank and Katy Dorst and David Haenke for sharing their stories.
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By Trevor Harris

I got involved in community radio back in 1990 and later worked in public radio. I enjoy listening to people's stories. Collecting them seemed like a logical marriage of my love of audio gathering and preserving the stories of those around me.

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