Pioneer Women

 
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie : The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 (Dear America; 4)
by Kristiana Gregory
Listed under Dear America Series
 

Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America by Sue Armitage, Linda Lawrence Hunt Book Description: Helga Estby and her daughter Clara left Spokane, Washington, in May 1896 to walk to New York City on a $10,000 wager. The money was needed to prevent foreclosure of their mortgage, hopefully saving the family homestead.  Helga was a Norwegian immigrant who married young, bore nine children, and endured fruitless years on the harsh Minnesota prairie before moving West. She and her husband Ole settled near the little Washington farm town of Rockford, only to be wiped out by the nationwide depression of 1893.  Lured by an offer from a mysterious sponsor, Helga was promised funds if she and her daughter walked unaided and unfinanced all the way to New York City. The women "tramped" the railroad lines through Boise, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Omaha before reaching roads and "civilization" in the Midwest. They walked on through Chicago, Pennsylvania, and finally reached New York. On the arduous journey they faced extreme cold and heat, hunger and exposure, and even shot a man in the leg in self-defense. They met with mayors, governors, and other notables, such as, President-elect McKinley on his porch in Ohio.  On Christmas Eve, 1896, the New York World reported their arrival in New York City. What followed was an American tragedy.  Paperback from Univ of Idaho Pr

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849 by Kenneth L. Holmes, Anne M. Butler Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1852: The Oregon Trail
by Kenneth L. Holmes, David C. Duniway
Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr

 

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1854-1860 by Kenneth L. Holmes, David Duniway, Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel, E. S. Haldane Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1862-1865 by Kenneth L. Holmes, David Duniway, Maria Montoya Paperback from Bison Bks Corp

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1875-1883 by Kenneth L. Holmes, Elliott West, David Duniway Paperback from Bison Bks Corp

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 1852: The California Trail by Kenneth L. Holmes, Glenda Riley Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1850 by Kenneth L. Holmes, Lillian Schlissel Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1853-1854 by Kenneth L. Holmes, David Duniway, Ursula Smith Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1851 by Kenneth L. Holmes, Susan H. Armitage Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1864-1868
by Kenneth L. Holmes, David Duniway, Frances H. Simson
Paperback from Univ of Nebraska Pr

 

Heart of the Trail: The Stories of Eight Wagon Train Women by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien Paperback from Falcon

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
by Isabella Lucy Bird

Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, et al
First published in 1914, these letters relate a widow's struggle to find hard work and happiness on the prairie. Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth.
Paperback - 282 pages (May 15, )
Houghton Mifflin Co (Pap); ISBN: 0395911516

No Life for a Lady
by Agnes Morley, Cleaveland, et al
Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x 7.98 x 5.35
Univ of Nebraska Pr; ISBN: 0803258682; (October 1977)
 

Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier by Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith Paperback from Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)

 
 
 
 
 

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