Covered Wagon Women: 1852, The California Trail

Covered Wagon Women: 1852, The California Trail PDF Author: Kenneth L. Holmes
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803272910
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Book Description
In 1852 a record number of women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous western trails. The fourth volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to families headed for California that year. Diaries and letters of six pioneer women describe the rigors en route, trailside celebrations and tragedies, the scourge of cholera, and encounters with the Indians.