Ann Hamilton's family has moved from Gettsyburg to the western frontier of Pennsylvania. Ann is not sure she likes this new place at all and she misses her life in Gettysburg. But eventually she realizes she has her own place to fill in the wilderness with her family. 

An educational story describing life on the frontier. The story is a fictionalized account centered around a story told by the author's great-great-grandmother about the day General George Washington rode up the hill and asked if he could eat supper at her house.