I’ve written before about emigrants crossing the Missouri River at Kanesville, Iowa (now Council Bluffs).
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been researching the Denny party, who traveled from Illinois to
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Burke Museum on the University of Washington
My current work-in-progress is another historical novel set along the Oregon Trail, this one in
I do not have many African American characters in my books, but I do include
Since I moved to Seattle, I’ve been reading about the city’s early history, when the
I’ll begin this post with a shout-out to M.K. Tod, who writes a wonderful blog
Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born
Starting with the Great Migration of 1843, thousands of emigrants set out on the 2000-mile
My new work-in-progress takes place in 1851. It is another story of emigrants traveling from