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Old diary offers glimpse of wagon train life

tamrawilson July 19, 2020 Uncategorized

Every once in a while a dream comes true. One such occasion was last month, when I opened my email and there it was: a complete transcription of a diary written by a young man on a wagon train in 1850. But not just any wagon train; this one involved my great-great grandfather and his brother on the adventure of …

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1850 diaryGold RushMormon trailWagon trainWill County IL

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