The family was late getting over here, dirt poor and uneducated. They worked as share croppers/hired farmhands, then moved to mid-Illinois where they mined coal and were able to put a little money aside. This allowed the acquisition of a small farm and some livestock in Iowa. I guess they would qualify as ‘shanty’...
I guess they would qualify as ‘shanty’...Probably, but that was then, this is now.
I'm proud of my "shanty" heritage, they kept going against the odds.