Children's Voices from the Trail examines the white child's perspective on the Platte River road's Oregon, California, and Mormon trails between 1841and the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad. The accounts are include twenty-three diaries, letters and journals of young pioneers between the ages of ten and sixteen. There are also 430 reminiscences of adults who made the trek as children.
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Pioneer children-West (U.S.)-Social conditions-19th century, White children-West (U.S.)-biography, Frontier and pioneer life-West (U.S.), Overland journeys to the Pacific, West (U.S.)-Description and travel, Platte River Valley (Neb.)-Description and travel, Diary, Platte River Road, Children's Letters, Trails, Mormon Trail, Oregon-California Trail
