A captivating account of the lives of Laura, Christine, and Caroline Lindhard, three sisters who left their home in Stege, Denmark, in 1870 due to war, political turmoil, andlimited opportunities, and sought out new lives in the Cariboo region ofBritish Columbia. There are few stories ofentrepreneurial, business class women in nineteenth century BC. Theydidn't keep diaries or save letters like the ruling class women oftendid, and they were usually overlooked in newspaper reports. Yet manycame into British Columbia in the early years of the gold rush andhelped build and sustain the developing communities. This book tells thestories of three sisters--Laura, Christine, and Caroline Lindhard--whoarrived in BC from Denmark in the 1870s. Coming of age in Europe, theLindhard sisters had aspirations that were restricted by societal normsabout what women could and should be and do. This is a storyof how each of the sisters made a life for themselves: marrying andhaving children, becoming single parents at an early age, marrying againor not, working together, providing for their children, and makingchoices that set them on different paths. While their lives diverged atvarious points, their commitments to each other and the next generationremained strong. The sisters' stories illustrate theimportance of family and community relationships as support structuresfor women entrepreneurs who combine family responsibilities with earninga living. While they were not heroic in the traditional, patriarchalsense of the word, the Lindhard sisters were powerful, influentialmembers of their families and their community, and their lives revealmuch about the complex social fabric of early British Columbia and theunsung contributions of women.