Lonesome Valley was like the farm animal they loved as a pet.

Lonesome Valley was the last valley, the end of a vast kingdom.

As details of their family history come out, it appears that life in Lonesome Valley was not such an idyll after all.

Lonesome Valley, in fact, was about 180 degrees from that sort of thing.

His stories about Lonesome Valley are mainly about being alone.

The children were in their 20's when Pa announced that he was going to give them Lonesome Valley.

They would rather sell Lonesome Valley to a stranger.

Returning to Lonesome Valley, he wanted, as his father had, to do things differently - to make a lot of money without destroying the land.

God may be, in fact, thanked for making them caretakers of Lonesome Valley, she says, "because we want to share it."

But with the development of Lonesome Valley, "I'll leave the world thinking they all benefit from this land."