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Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865

Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865

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Number of Chapters: 15

Length: 05 hours and 36 minutes

Language: English

“We had spent almost all our money for toll, ferrying and other expenses on the road. It might be a serious matter to be in a strange place without money . . . There is nothing we can spare so well as Dick. . . . It would not do to be sentimental under existing circumstances.” This is the practical pioneer woman Sarah Raymond Herndon writing in her journal about selling her horse to finance the final days of her family’s trek across the plains to Montana. However, when her brother, Hillhouse, actually sells her beloved pony, Sarah is distraught. “I sobbed out loud. I could not help crying. I let the purse (with the money) roll out of my lap into the bottom of the wagon.” But then, she stiffens her resolve and displays a quiet sense of humor: “Of course, I knew the wagon bed was tight, and there was no danger of (the purse) being lost.” Sarah became the first school teacher in Virginia City, Montana. Her account of crossing the plains in 1865 is rich in emotion and incident. Summary by Sue Anderson

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We Start, Our First Camp (Sue Anderson)
Bloomfield, Iowa, Miss Milburn's Love Story (Sue Anderson)
The Icarian Community, A Fatal Accident (Sue Anderson)
We Have Our Pictures Taken, On the Banks of the Platte (Sue Anderson)
Fort Kearney, Eleven Graves (Sue Anderson)
Beaux, We Decide to Go to Montana (Sue Anderson)
The Mountains in Sight, A Town of Tents and Wagons (Sue Anderson)
We Carve Our Names in Stone, Laramie Plains (Sue Anderson)
We Cross the North Platte, Neelie is Sick (Sue Anderson)
Our Train Divided, On Bitter Creek (Sue Anderson)
A Fatal Shooting, We Leave the Train (Sue Anderson)
Mr. Curry's Horses Stolen, The Wanderers' Return (Sue Anderson)
Mormon Towns in Idaho, We Meet Men Returning from the Mines (Sue Anderson)
Dick is Sold, Oh, Dear (Sue Anderson)
The End of Our Journey, A Letter from Dr. Howard (Sue Anderson)
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