RJ’s Journey
The Journals of Rebecca Jemima Callaway
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Book Details
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.