The Oregon Territory, October 1850: After nearly a year of living out of a covered wagon, day after day of grueling work and heart-breaking tragedy, Caroline Harper has finally reached the Oregon Terr…
In the early 1800s (1830s – 1860s) it has been estimated that as many as 300,000 men and women may have traveled from the eastern States to the unknown lands of the American west. Some were searching …
The Oregon Trail provides the backdrop to unfold Hank and Rebecca Quaid’s dream of settling in the fertile Willamette Valley. Though, one month out of the Kansas Territory, Hank disappears leaving Reb…
In the mid-1800's a wagon train is on the Oregon Trail. One of the wagons belongs to the Applegates. The husband Hank, his wife, Lorie and their ten-year-old son, Mark. Lorie has made up her mind that…
The war is over and Sarah Mayfield has put the sorrows of her life in Virginia behind her. On the strength of three letters she has traveled by railroad, riverboat a…
From her widow's walk, Bessie King watches and waits for her husband, Adam. For many months, day after day, she climbs that ladder and looks out over the Texas plains. Her sons watch and see her pain …
When Will Bentley was nine years old, he promised his dying father that he would take care of the family. Growing up quickly, Will provided whatever his mother and sister needed, whether that meant pu…
