Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead

Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Off Wyoming Highway 414
Nearest city	McKinnon, Wyoming
Coordinates	41°00′44″N 109°59′35″W
Area	5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built	1898
Built by	Clyde Stewart
NRHP reference No.	85000871[1]
Added to NRHP	April 25, 1985

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.^[1]

It is significant for representing "the long overlooked role of women homesteaders in the American West"^[2] and for its association with Elinore Pruitt Stewart's book, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, which was a basis for the 1979 film Heartland.^[3][4] 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.^[5] The homestead house on the property consists of a c.1898 log cabin and c.1909 additions.^[5]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead". wyoshpo.wyo.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
3. "'Heartland' is Likely the Best Period Drama You've Never Seen". Willow and Thatch. April 26, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
4. Ferretti, Fred (November 22, 1981). "'Heartland'- a Triumph of True Grit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
5. Sherry Smith (March 22, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead / Elinore and Clyde Stewart Homestead". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos from 1984

External links

• National Register at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office