Trail of Hope

In the spring of 1843, nearly a thousand settlers gatheredin Independence, Missouri, their wagons laden withdreams of Oregon's promised valleys. They came fromall walks of life-farmers, carpenters, merchants, andartisans-each carrying generations of Eastern skills towardan uncertain Western future. This great migration wouldmark the first major wagon train to traverse the OregonTrail, blazing a path that countless others would follow.The journey stretched roughly two thousand miles acrosshalf a continent. Those who attempted it faced a gauntletof natural obstacles: the muddy Missouri plains, the harshPlatte River Valley, the towering Rocky Mountains, and thescorching Snake River desert. Disease, accidents, and theunforgiving elements claimed many lives along the way.Yet still they came, drawn by stories of fertile soil and freshbeginnings in Oregon's Willamette Valley.This is the story of one such family-the Wheelers ofPennsylvania carried five generations of craft andtradition toward Oregon's distant shore. Their journeywould test their physical endurance and understanding ofwhat makes a home. Like many others who attempted thetrail that year, they would learn that some treasures can onlybe found by leaving everything familiar behind.

• | Author: Jason F. Anderson
• | Publisher: Keystone Creative Media
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00288 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798218586034