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Frontier and pioneer life Oregon National Historic Trail Oregon Oregon Biography Juvenile literature Oregon National Historic Trail Oregon Territory History Juvenile literature Overland journeys to the Pacific Overland journeys to the Pacific Juvenile literature Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss 1808-1847 Women missionaries Oregon National Historic Trail Women pioneers Oregon National Historic TrailHubbard, Ben
Summary: "In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures . . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist HubbardMarsh, Sarah Glenn
Summary: "The inspiring true story of Alice Ramsey, the first woman to drive a car across America in 1909."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RAMWhite, Arisa
Summary: Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MASHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Reveals what really happened when Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, embarked on a perilous quest through the untamed Oregon Trail to spread the word of the Bible to the Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2006