A good book series

I finished reading a 3 book series finally by Nancy E. Turner. They are a group of novels that are based on the authors own great grandmother and they take place in southern Arizona near Tucson, so it's interesting to read about nearby places back in the late 1800's to early 1900's. The first one is called "These is my words", the second one was "Sarah's Quilt" and the one I just finished is called "Star Garden". Arizona was a very tough territory to settle in. Makes you realize how good you have it !