<Tr> <Th> Composer (s) </Th> <Td> Daniel E. Kelley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lyricist (s) </Th> <Td> Brewster M. Higley </Td> </Tr> <P> "Home on the Range" is a classic western folk song sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the American West . The lyrics were originally written by Dr. Brewster M. Higley of Smith County, Kansas, in a poem entitled "My Western Home" in 1872 . In 1947, it became the state song of the U.S. state of Kansas . In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time . </P> <P> In 1871, Higley moved from Indiana to Smith County, Kansas, under the Homestead Act . He lived in a small cabin near West Beaver Creek . He was so inspired by his new bucolic surroundings that he decided to create a poem in praise of the prairie . Thus, the lyrics to "Home on the Range" were originally published as a poem published in the Smith County Pioneer in 1872 under the title "My Western Home". That home is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Home on the Range Cabin . </P>

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