Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865
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“Why are we here? Why have we left home, friends, relatives, associates, and loved ones, who have made so large a part of our lives and added so much to our happiness?”On May 1, 1865, Sarah Raymond mounted her beloved pony and, riding alongside the wagon carrying her mother and two younger brothers, left war-torn Missouri and headed west.With the sole motive of bettering themselves, the Raymonds began their journey undecided as to whether California or Oregon would be their ultimate destination.By the middle of June, however, they had been persuaded that Montana was in fact the place to make f...
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- DAYS ON THE ROAD
- PREFACE.
- REMINISCENCES OF THE PLAINS
- PRESS NOTICES.
- DAYS ON THE ROAD
- WE START.
- OUR FIRST CAMP.
- THROUGH MEMPHIS.
- I MEET AN ACQUAINTANCE.
- AN ADDITION TO OUR PARTY.
- BLOOMFIELD, IOWA.
- BEAUTIFUL APPLES.
- MISS MILBURN’S LOVE STORY.
- A LETTER TO BROTHER MAC.
- THE ICARIAN COMMUNITY.
- A SWING AMONG THE TREES.
- A FATAL ACCIDENT.
- BEREAVEMENT.
- A FUNERAL.
- ON THE BANKS OF THE BIG MUDDY.
- OUR LAST DAY WITH MISS MILBURN.
- WE HAVE OUR PICTURES TAKEN.
- A YANKEE HOMESTEAD.
- WE MEET A FRIEND.
- ON THE BANKS OF THE PLATTE.
- THE ORDER OF OUR GOING.
- FORT KEARNEY.
- ELEVEN GRAVES.
- A NARROW ESCAPE.
- BEAUX.
- WE DECIDE TO GO TO MONTANA.
- PRAIRIE DOGS.
- PREACHING SERVICES.
- MUSIC IN CAMP.
- THE MOUNTAINS IN SIGHT.
- A TOWN OF TENTS AND WAGONS.
- WE WORSHIP IN THE WILDERNESS.
- WE CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.
- THE BLACK HILLS.
- WE VISIT A BEAUTIFUL SPRING.
- WE CUT OUR NAMES IN STONE.
- LARAMIE PLAINS.
- IN THE RAIN.
- INDIANS.
- WE CLIMB ELK MOUNTAIN.
- WE CROSS THE NORTH PLATTE.
- NEELIE IS SICK.
- THE SUMMIT OE THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
- SIM BUFORD SICK.
- OUR TRAIN DIVIDED.
- WE OVERTAKE THE CALIFORNIA TRAIN.
- ON BITTER CREEK.
- DELAYED ANOTHER DAY.
- A FATAL SHOOTING.
- TRIED FOR MURDER.
- WE LEAVE THE TRAIN.
- WILD CURRANTS GALORE.
- MR. CURRY’S HORSE STOLEN.
- ANXIOUSLY WAITING AT HAM’S FORK.
- THE WANDERERS’ RETURN.
- SIM’S STORY OF THEIR WANDERINGS.
- BEAR RIVER MOUNTAIN.
- WE MEET CAPTAIN HARDINBROOKE’S BROTHER.
- MORMON TOWNS IN IDAHO.
- WE MEET MEN RETURNING TO THE STATES.
- MOTHER AND I SAVE JOE’S LIFE.
- DICK IS SOLD. OH, DEAR.
- MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY.
- SWEET WATER CAÑON.
- THE END OF OUR JOURNEY.
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