 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1871, pazera remakore 21, Howard akatamira kuAmerica neshamwari dzake mbiri, achitokurudzirwawo nasekuru vake vaiva murimi. Akaenda kuNebraska, uye pashure pokunge kuedza kwake kurima kwakundikana, akawana kuti akanga asingadi kuva murimi. Akabva atamira kuChicago uye akashanda semunyori wenhau kumatare nemapepanhau. Howard akasvika muChicago pashure chaipo pomwoto mukuruKuparadzwa kweguta kwakaitika muna 1871, kwakaparadza nzvimbo huru yebhizimisi, uye kwakaona kudzorerwazve kweguta uye kukura kwemisha yaro. MuUnited States akasangana, uye akayemura, vadetembi Walt Whitman naRalph Waldo Emerson. Howard akatanga kufunga nzira dzokuvandudza nadzo upenyu hwake. 