The 9 Years Old Girl Who Held the Farm

In 1918, a 9-year-old girl stood in a doorway with a rifle and told county officials they weren't taking her land. Then she proved it. For two years, she ran a farm alone, through a South Dakota winter, at -40°F, with a baby sister to keep alive. What would you do at 9 years old if you lost both parents in three days… and the government came to take everything?