However , they found the new life a thrilling experience , the wide - open spaces of the plains exhilarating , and the country held nothing but promise for ambitious young people .
Together they experienced the rigors of wrestling a home from the wilderness .
They found the new life a thrilling experience , the wide - open spaces of the plains exhilarating , and the country held nothing but promise for ambitious young people .
Together they experienced the rigors of wrestling a home from the wilderness .