Samantha Saves the Day! In 1898, Mr. and Mrs. Parkington were taking a boat back home from Teardrop Island. Tragically, a storm hit just when they were coming to a treacherous part of the lake. Their boat was wrecked on the rocks and they drowned. Their only child, four-year-old Samantha, was then sent to live […]
Girls in History: Samantha Parkington at the turn of the 20th century – by Mara
Samantha Parkington from 1904 is an orphan who is living with her grandmother, Grandmary after her parents died in a boating accident when she was five years old. Grandmary spends time teaching Samantha how to be a proper “young lady”. Samantha meets Nellie O’ Malley, a young Irish immigrant who is working at Samantha’s neighbor’s […]