The Daily Novel

Chapter 18 – From the Ice-Water Lake
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“The others followed ours, as they were ready. It was a rough ride, you have no idea, but we were so glad to be moving again, and to have Pa with us at last. I think sometimes it [...]

Chapter 16 – Starvation Camp
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“What do I recollect most clearly of the winter camp? A good many things, but what has stuck with me the most was how dark it was, inside. Before the men went down from the mountains, following the river, they [...]

Chapter 15 – The Devil’s Own Bargain
There was a wax flower arrangement under a glass dome on a table between a pair of tall windows in Captain Sutter’s office, the only touch of bright color in an austere room with pale, rough-plastered walls. The windows were narrow and un-curtained, but there was glass in them, [...]

Chapter 6 -  Ellen, Independence
“5th of July, 1844, encamped upon the Sweetwater River; appended is a sketch of our camp, as it appears from the top of the Rock. I climbed up myself this morning; it is actually much farther from the Rock; distances are deceptive in the pure and clean air. Mrs. James Miller [...]