Emigrants on the Overland Trail: The Wagon Trains of 1848, by Michael E. LaSalle


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Presenting the “lost” years of the overland emigrants in 1848, this volume sheds light on the journey of the men, women, children, and the wagon trains that made the challenging trek from Missouri to Oregon and California. These primary sources, written by seven men and women diarists from different wagon companies, tell how settlers endured the tribulations of a five-month westward journey covering 2,000 miles. Subjected to the extremes of fear, failure, suffering, and hope they preserved and finally triumphed.

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