Schlissel, Lillian

Focuses on the experiences of African Americans as mountain men, soldiers, homesteaders, and scouts on the frontiers of the American West.

Focuses on the experiences of African Americans as mountain men, soldiers, homesteaders, and scouts on the frontiers of the American West.

An adaptation of a diary of Amelia Stewart Knight written while she, her husband, and seven children journeyed from Iowa to the Oregon Territory in 1853.

An adaptation of a diary of Amelia Stewart Knight written while she, her husband, and seven children journeyed from Iowa to the Oregon Territory in 1853.

Describes the courage of American women who journeyed West between 1840 and 1870.

Letters and diaries relate the story of three families who go West in the late 1800s.