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“We had spent almost all our money for toll, ferrying and other expenses on the road. It might be a serious matter to be in a strange place without money . . . There is nothing we can spare so well as Dick. . . . It would not do to be sentimental under existing circumstances.” This is the practical pioneer woman Sarah Raymond Herndon writing in her journal about selling her horse to finance the final days of her family’s trek across the plains to Montana. However, when her brother, Hillhouse, actually sells her beloved pony, Sarah is distraught. “I sobbed out loud. I could not help ...

The Westward Expansion Masterworks Collection gathers eleven firsthand accounts, histories, memoirs, and narratives from the American frontier.

The diary of Sarah Raymond chronicles the family’s journey from Missouri to Virginia City, Montana Territory. Sarah notes each day's adventures - the accidents, illness, Indian encounters, mud, dust, boredom, and fear. Her journal was first published in a newspaper in the 1880s, and the book appeared in 1902.

Can you visualize today what it meant to cross America's Great Plains in the mid-19th century? It was a wondrous, perilous, often fatal journey without assurance of a successful life at the other end. Yet tens of thousands made the journey and lucky for us, many set aside modesty, often at the request of children or grandchildren, to put the account of their travels into words.

Embark on a captivating journey across the vast plains of America in 1865, as this podcast delves into the trials and triumphs of pioneer life. Each episode features a new complete audiobook that transports listeners to an era of resilience and perseverance, where the struggles of survival and the pursuit of dreams unfold against the backdrop of untamed landscapes. Through vivid narratives, listeners will experience the emotional weight of sacrifice, the strength found in community, and the quiet victories that define the pioneer spirit. This is not a single story but a series of unique ...