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Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865

by Sarah Raymond Herndon

Chapters (68)
  1. DAYS ON THE ROAD: PREFACE. 0:00
  2. REMINISCENCES OF THE PLAINS 1:00
  3. PRESS NOTICES. 4:47
  4. DAYS ON THE ROAD: WE START. 7:04
  5. OUR FIRST CAMP. 10:38
  6. THROUGH MEMPHIS. 13:17
  7. I MEET AN ACQUAINTANCE. 14:23
  8. AN ADDITION TO OUR PARTY. 17:26
  9. BLOOMFIELD, IOWA. 21:33
  10. BEAUTIFUL APPLES. 24:26
  11. MISS MILBURN’S LOVE STORY. 29:18
  12. A LETTER TO BROTHER MAC. 31:44
  13. THE ICARIAN COMMUNITY. 36:04
  14. A SWING AMONG THE TREES. 39:02
  15. A FATAL ACCIDENT. 41:55
  16. BEREAVEMENT. 45:11
  17. A FUNERAL. 48:28
  18. ON THE BANKS OF THE BIG MUDDY. 53:06
  19. OUR LAST DAY WITH MISS MILBURN. 55:00
  20. WE HAVE OUR PICTURES TAKEN. 58:29
  21. A YANKEE HOMESTEAD. 1:01:59
  22. WE MEET A FRIEND. 1:05:32
  23. ON THE BANKS OF THE PLATTE. 1:08:22
  24. THE ORDER OF OUR GOING. 1:12:01
  25. FORT KEARNEY. 1:16:26
  26. ELEVEN GRAVES. 1:18:36
  27. A NARROW ESCAPE. 1:20:45
  28. BEAUX. 1:25:23
  29. WE DECIDE TO GO TO MONTANA. 1:29:05
  30. PRAIRIE DOGS. 1:32:08
  31. PREACHING SERVICES. 1:37:59
  32. MUSIC IN CAMP. 1:39:15
  33. THE MOUNTAINS IN SIGHT. 1:44:34
  34. A TOWN OF TENTS AND WAGONS. 1:49:42
  35. WE WORSHIP IN THE WILDERNESS. 1:51:34
  36. WE CELEBRATE THE FOURTH. 1:55:37
  37. THE BLACK HILLS. 1:57:59
  38. WE VISIT A BEAUTIFUL SPRING. 2:00:11
  39. WE CUT OUR NAMES IN STONE. 2:03:38
  40. LARAMIE PLAINS. 2:07:33
  41. IN THE RAIN. 2:10:16
  42. INDIANS. 2:13:35
  43. WE CLIMB ELK MOUNTAIN. 2:18:02
  44. WE CROSS THE NORTH PLATTE. 2:20:34
  45. NEELIE IS SICK. 2:24:30
  46. THE SUMMIT OE THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 2:27:28
  47. SIM BUFORD SICK. 2:31:29
  48. OUR TRAIN DIVIDED. 2:34:26
  49. WE OVERTAKE THE CALIFORNIA TRAIN. 2:38:09
  50. ON BITTER CREEK. 2:42:06
  51. DELAYED ANOTHER DAY. 2:45:13
  52. A FATAL SHOOTING. 2:49:03
  53. TRIED FOR MURDER. 2:52:12
  54. WE LEAVE THE TRAIN. 2:56:08
  55. WILD CURRANTS GALORE. 2:59:44
  56. MR. CURRY’S HORSE STOLEN. 3:04:49
  57. ANXIOUSLY WAITING AT HAM’S FORK. 3:06:49
  58. THE WANDERERS’ RETURN. 3:10:27
  59. SIM’S STORY OF THEIR WANDERINGS. 3:13:40
  60. BEAR RIVER MOUNTAIN. 3:17:47
  61. WE MEET CAPTAIN HARDINBROOKE’S BROTHER. 3:21:48
  62. MORMON TOWNS IN IDAHO. 3:25:45
  63. WE MEET MEN RETURNING TO THE STATES. 3:29:03
  64. MOTHER AND I SAVE JOE’S LIFE. 3:32:14
  65. DICK IS SOLD. OH, DEAR. 3:36:36
  66. MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY. 3:39:43
  67. SWEET WATER CAÑON. 3:42:58
  68. THE END OF OUR JOURNEY. 3:46:46
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Narrator
Grace — American Narrator (en-US)
Length
3 hr 54 min
Language
English
Added
November 15, 2026
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