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== Amelia Stewart Knight, “Crossing the Plains,” 1853 ==
 
== Amelia Stewart Knight, “Crossing the Plains,” 1853 ==
  
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I found this to be very interesting. I had never heard much about the wagon trains, other than “They were going west for a better life.” This added a different element to the train and gave me a whole different perspective. Everyone knows that the wagon train was difficult but when you are reading someone else’s words and to read what they struggled with, it gives the information a new dimension. –Kayle P
  
 
== Mary Ballou, “A Woman’s View of the Gold Rush,” 1852 ==
 
== Mary Ballou, “A Woman’s View of the Gold Rush,” 1852 ==

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