Peppermint Valley

Peppermint Valley is a fictional story written for young children that delves into the adventures of the local woodland creatures. The inhabitants of the valley find their sanctuary threatened by men who have a treasure map that leads to a silver-lode buried within the valley. In an effort to protect their home, the creatures rally together in hopes to drive out the humans without arousing suspicion. This is a warm, heart-felt story that brings to light the constant struggle of man-kind invading the wild areas, and in this case, the mere survival of Peppermint Valley.

Peppermint Valley is a fictional story written for young children that delves into the adventures of the local woodland creatures. The inhabitants of the valley find their sanctuary threatened by men who have a treasure map that leads to a silver-lode buried within the valley. In an effort to protect their home, the creatures rally together in hopes to drive out the humans without arousing suspicion. This is a warm, heart-felt story that brings to light the constant struggle of man-kind invading the wild areas, and in this case, the mere survival of Peppermint Valley.

An unexplored, fascinating history of nineteenth-century agrarian life, told through the engaging lens of three families central to the peppermint oil industry This unconventional history relates the engaging and unusual stories of three families in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries whose involvement in the peppermint oil industry provides insights into the perspectives and concerns of rural people of their time. Challenging the standard paradigms, historian Dan Allosso focuses on the rural characters who lived by their own rules and did not acquiesce to contemporary religious doctrines, business mores, and political expediencies. The Ranneys, a secular family in a very religious time and place; the Hotchkisses, who ran banks and printed their own money while the Lincoln administration was eliminating state banking; and the Todd family, who incorporated successful business practices with populist socialism, all highlight the untold story of rural America’s engagement with the capitalist marketplace. The families’ atypical attitudes and activities offer unexpected perspectives on rural business and life.

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