Title: Prairie schooner lady
Description: This is the daily diary of Harriet Sherill Ward, the wife of Judge Trowbridge Ward, as they traveled with a wagon train from Dartford, Wisconsin to the Feather River region (near Susanville) of California in 1853. Mrs. Ward's observations describe the hardships and pleasures of the journey  in a detailed, yet entertaining, manner.
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific
People: Trowbridge Ward
Time periods: 1853