By: Ardis E. Parshall - November 03, 2016 Mormons were not the only ones setting out across the continent in the middle of the 19th century, of course: there were all those ’49ers heading to the gold fields, and all those settlers aiming for the Oregon country, and plenty of others. As their destinations differed, so did their origins, and people who might otherwise never have met each other came together on the transcontinental highwa...
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