In 1852 a record number of Women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous Western trails.
He edited and compiled Covered Wagon Women, drawing on arc.
Holmes was a professor of history at Western Oregon State College.
Kenneth L.
Diaries and Letters of six pioneer Women describe the rigors en route, trailside celebrations and tragedies, the scourge of cholera, and encounters with the Indians.
The fourth Volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to families headed for California that year.
In 1852 a record number of Women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous Western trails