Forty years after the legendary overland travels of Oregon pioneers in the 1840s, Lucy Clark Allen wrote, “the excitement continues.” Economic hard times in Minnesota sent Allen and her husband to Montana in hopes of evading the droughts, grasshoppers, and failed crops that had plagued their farm. Allen and her compatriots, in this volume of Covered Wagon Women, experience a much different journey than their predecessors. Many settlements now await those bound for the West, with amenities such as hotels and restaurants, as well as grain suppliers to provide feed for the horses and mules that had replaced the slower oxen in pulling wagons. Routes were clearly marked—some had been replaced entirely by railroad tracks. Nevertheless, many of the same dangers, fears, and aspirations confronted these dauntless women who traveled the overland trails.
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"The diaries and letter throb with excitement, pain and mind-boggling determination" - Kliatt
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Kenneth L. Holmes was a professor of history at Western Oregon State College. He edited and compiled Covered Wagon Women, drawing on archives and private sources.
Elliott West is a professor of history at the University of Arkansas. His works include The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier, also available in a Bison Books edition.
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This review is from: Covered Wagon Women, Volume 10: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1875-1883 (Paperback)
Vol. 10 in a series of faithfully transcribed diaries and letters of women who traveled West via covered wagon, this book describes travel at a time when many others were going west via the railroads. Time had altered the circumstances of covered wagon travel: the travelers were not isolated, they had opportunities to avail themselves of hotels, suppliers, etc., along well-marked trails. However, the trip was not without its heartaches and hardships. I recommend reading the entire series, to get a true understanding of the great American Western migration.
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The saga continues...1875-1883.
Another fine compilation of diaries from the women who traveled the wagon trails west. Although occurring later in the westward migration and with conveniences such as towns and ranches along the way which provided supplies, these pioneers still had to battle many obstacles to their destination. Railroads were now a reality, but some still chose to go by wagon. To cite a few: Mary Riddle- repeated theme of traveling too hard and fast resulting in animosity in her train. Lucy Ide- assisting in the burial of a complete stranger, then a birth in her company. Conversing with fossil collecting college students in Wyoming. Feelings of Mormonism. Laura Wright- Tired from the get-go. Continually sick. Mentions large numbers of sod-houses in Nebraska. Observes many other wagon travelers. Lucy Clark Allen- Optimistic and spirited woman with eight children. A few lay-overs in route for husband to obtain work and pay. Virginia Belle Benton- "The school of experience has been her greatest teacher" and "the door has the latch-string on the outside". Tough, resilient women and families.
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