Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-11-28
(From Fridays DsiIy.) (Sharlot Nj. Hall)

tt to be in way n memorial to one of tho noblest women that have ever known, and not to her alone, but to sl the women, living or dead, who bravely faced the hardships of the frontier, and by their courage and labor and patience, their ambition and loyal devotion, made it possible for us n be here today. In all that wc may ac. complish for ourselves m for Arizona our hands are upheld by the spirits O those brave women who made the wa, smooth and bore the heat of the bat tie which gave us ah that we enjo. and are proRd of in the West.
 There is no other land on cart where such a short span of years lie between such great changes; no oth'
 probably where the life of yesterds
 is 70 remote from the life of todn,
 We wAiri in Pullman coaches along th
 very trasis over which those frontie women came wenrily in prairie schoor er or big Conestogs "plains wagons, loaded with all the household goods O tue family, and drawn by slow -movini sxen CT mules.
 We cross in m hour more eountr, than made n day's journey for them hotch set on tne old camping ground where they gathered dry wood and twisted grass and cooked the food fo, themselves and their families over th, eea,s of n s,nnp fire.
 We fret q, delayed trains, and for sct that within the memory of persons
 get living there wer no wngon roads west of the Atlantic states Ohio was almost ns mprh frontier in 1877, when baby girl was born into a pioneer ] : hom- thec, as was Arizena in 1s6i,
 when that same girl, grown woman, came with ter husband and bcr own dock of chihlren to make another pio. 'Decr home im Prescott.
 Her whole life has been that of a frontier woman; while s,iil baby her parents left Ohio and pushed on to Illinois, them the fsrth~~t frontier There were ao rossan, so they travelled su borsebadA, the father carrying the little girl os n pillow in front of his saddlc. Suen household goods s- could tse packed on horscs were taken, and sotlnsng mor~- The ncxi move was tc Iowa where the liss,c girl grew up, and gnarriea- and prcscutly begun to oove on with her evs family, follow iag thc frouiicr iste she rrcediug Vest.
 4 Aamilisr sight oe xny road, fifty, fssty, even thirty, years ago. was the "novsrs' ourxt," the big wagon GOV ered with white muslin s canvas, and .ir,wn by on-n or mules Perhaps s milk cow would be tied O. behind and Il sAn1 eoop fastened to the rcnr end of the wagon would hold q few chickens; for there wes neither eAiekeDs nor catts. nsr any domestic animals SO be had except as the settl~r~ brvoght them. Always ahere wer~ children, pceping ~s't unaLrr the wasos cover or trotting i-.hind m the dusty road. lt was sften months between oppor. tunities te renew the supply of food md clothing. ash every ''mcver wagon" carried s~ much food as yrss. siele. Flour, bacon, and coffee enough to last six months was the rule. and clothing for the wkolc family for . year was stoved away under the high wagon bows. Sometimes room was found for few bits of furniture or . cook stove rarc luxuries in a land where big. open fireplace, a Dutch oven, long handled frying pan and a few iron pots constituted a well-furn furniture was the only kind to he had.
 For protection against Indians and for mutual help on the road, several families usually travelled together, in e wagon train, or in company with troops marching from post to post. Al night the wagons were halted in double lines or in n circle io form barricndo behind which the travellers might find shelter in ease of sudden attack.
 The women and children gathered wood and built the camphrcs and pre- pared supper; and as night closed in the children played among the wagons while the women sat by the fires, talk ing, cooking the next days food, or mendipg the travel worn clothing. At this distance we see only the rom