Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead

{{short description|Historic house in Wyoming, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead

| nrhp_type = nrhp

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| location = Off Wyoming Highway 414

| nearest_city = McKinnon, Wyoming

| coordinates = {{coord|41|00|44|N|109|59|35|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Wyoming#USA

| built = 1898

| builder = Clyde Stewart

| added = April 25, 1985

| area = {{convert|5.5|acre}}

| refnum = 85000871{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead, near McKinnon, Wyoming, United States, has significance dating to 1898. Also known as the Elinore and Clyde Stewart Homestead, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It is significant for representing "the long overlooked role of women homesteaders in the American West"{{Cite web|url=https://wyoshpo.wyo.gov/index.php/programs/national-register/wyoming-listings/view-full-list/816-elinore-pruitt-stewart-homestead|title=Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead|website=wyoshpo.wyo.gov|access-date=2020-03-04}} and for its association with Elinore Pruitt Stewart's book, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, which was a basis for the 1979 film Heartland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.willowandthatch.com/heartland-1979-edwardian-frontier-period-drama-review/|title='Heartland' is Likely the Best Period Drama You've Never Seen|date=2017-04-26|website=Willow and Thatch|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-04}}{{Cite news|last=Ferretti|first=Fred|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/22/movies/heartland-a-triumph-of-true-grit.html|title='Heartland'- a Triumph of True Grit|date=1981-11-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Elinore Pruitt Rupert, the author-to-be, arrived in Wyoming in 1909 and filed for homestead property before marrying Mr. Stewart, whose own homestead filing was close by.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=85000871}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead / Elinore and Clyde Stewart Homestead |author=Sherry Smith |date=March 22, 1984 |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=85000871|title=accompanying six photos from 1984|photos=y}}

The homestead house on the property consists of a c.1898 log cabin and c.1909 additions.