The Civil War ripped the state of Missouri in half. Medicine Creek Claim is the story of two courageous sisters who start a new life on the Dakota frontier. Each in her own way finds a new purpose, a new life and a new love. Medicine Creek Claim is the third book in the award-winning series “On the Dakota Frontier.” After their parents died, Charlotte Ward’s brother enlisted against her wishes. Disguised as a Union soldier, she followed him into battle, determined to bring him home. Lizzy Ward remained on the farm, at the mercy of Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers who terrorized the Missouri countryside in the name of justice and revenge. Their world in tatters, the sisters journey to Dakota Territory to start new lives. But the war follows them to the frontier.