title: Woman Alone on the Oregon Trail
author: Otto, Victoria
description: Against all advice, a newly-certified woman doctor from back east travels alone on the Oregon Trail, headed for California to help a man she met through correspondence and to assist him in nursing sick Native Americans through a virulent smallpox epidemic. She also plans on helping him with a school as well, and spreading the word and love of God. Many obstacles lie in her path but she finds comfort in God on the lonely trail, and with her horse as the only living being by her side, the solitary journey begins.