May 15This day in Trail history – A composite journey along the California Trail – May 15, 1850 "We elected to lay by to rest our animals, have some of our wagons repaired, wash and etc. Today we again discovered a herd of 13 buffalo feeding among the sand hills, near a mile off. As [...]
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May California Trail Social Media Posts Week 2
May 8This day in Trail history – A composite journey along the California Trail – May 8, 1850 "When we set out on our journey this morning it was intended to make but a moderate days' drive; but we found it impossible to select a place to graze our cattle till after sunset; having traveled [...]
May California Trail Social Media Posts Week 1
I've been trying to keep this blog updated with work I'm doing for the California Trail Interpretive Center in Nevada. I've switched to daily social media posts rather than weekly, so I'll switch to weekly updates here rather than doing one each day. During the month of May we'll present diary excerpts from a "virtual [...]
Waterways as Highways on the California Trail
I wrote a series of social media posts regarding waterways along the California Trail and thought I'd share them here as well. Rivers were the highways across the west. As roads were being developed for the western pioneers it made sense to follow the waterways because of availability of water and grass, and as a [...]
Women’s History on the California Trail
I wrote the following entries for March Facebook posts for the California Trail Interpretive Center. The Frontier Friday posts for March (Women's History Month) will include diary accounts from women pioneers as they traveled through Elko Valley and Carlin Canyon. Harriet Sherrill Ward, her husband William, 17-year old daughter Frances, and 11-year old Willie left [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 