RJ’s Journey
The Journals of Rebecca Jemima Callaway
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Prologue
Introduction of the Journals
by Rebecca Jemima Callaway Weaver
My heritage includes from generations past the legendary Daniel and Rebecca Boone. I attribute my adventurous spirit to them.Life has presented many challenges, but I have faced them as I have carried on the heritage of those who came before me. I love my story and enjoy telling it. I am proud of my heritage since it reflects some of the history of our country. I have come to understand life is a journey. Within that journey are challenging adventures; sometimes triumph and sometimes tragedy. But, also, many ordinary days. I hope you will enjoy reading about my life as my family journeyed to Oregon Territory in the days of the wagon trains. Included here are the first two journals I kept. The first journal begins December 1, 1857, while we were still in Missouri. My parents were preparing us to move out West. It is the story of our time on the Oregon Trail and the first few months in Oregon Territory. It ends December 31, 1858. The second journal covers the first full calendar year (1859) we lived in the Willamette Valley. As you will see I did not write in my journal every day. Some days I was too tired to write. Some days were too ordinary to have anything to write about. I have other journals from my years in Oregon. Maybe someday I will share those with you, too. Though I am an adult now, married with children and grandchildren of my own I share my journals with you so the story will continue to be told.
Rebecca Jemima Callaway Weaver, Portland, Oregon, 1901
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About the Book
The book contains the fictional journals of a young girl’s journey on the Oregon Trail and settling in Oregon. In journal 1, she records her adventures and relationships on the Oregon Trail. In journal 2, she continues her story and that of her family and friends as they settle in the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
About the Author
Ardie Nelson was born and raised in Nebraska. She enjoys studying American History. Having grown up on what was the vast prairie of the Great Plains she still wonders what the landscape was like before highways, power lines, and barbwire fences. She has taught in private Christian school and worked professionally with children, youth and adults in churches in Minnesota and Texas. Currently she lives in Missouri near where the trails to Oregon, California, and Sante Fe crossed the landscape.