Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell (Dear America)

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell (Dear America)

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped they bleed when I talk. The only thing to do is dip our fingers in to the bucket of axle grease and r…

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