Going along the emigrant trails
By: by Barbara Fifer.
Publisher: Farcountry Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Helena, Mont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781560373544
Subjects: Pioneers -- West (U.S.); Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Overland Trails.; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Description: Describes the experiences of families heading west across prairies, mountains, and dangerous rivers to start a new life from the 1850s to the mid-1860s.
Table of contents: title: Who were the emigrants?; title: Which way did they go?; title: How did they get there?; title: What did the emigrants pack?; title: What was life like on the trail?; title: What dangers did the emigrants encounter?; title: When did they travel?; title: What did they encounter on the trail?; title: What was it like along the way?; title: What did they see?; title: Who did they meet?; title: Where were the emigrants headed?; title: What did they do at the trail's end?