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A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home by Phoebe Goodell Judson

Name: A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home by Phoebe Goodell Judson
Brand: Fehmerling Books
SKU: 9780803275591
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A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home by Phoebe Goodell Judson

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Phoebe Goodell Judson chronicles her 1853 Oregon Trail journey from Ohio to Washington Territory and the founding of Lynden.

Written when she was ninety-four from her personal diaries, pioneer Phoebe Goodell Judson recounts her family's 1853 overland wagon journey along the Oregon Trail. Bypassing standard settlement narratives, Judson documents a twenty-year search across Grand Mound, Olympia, and Whidbey Island before establishing the frontier town of Lynden along the Nooksack River.

Judson captures pioneer homesteading realities, Northwest regional politics, the Puget Sound Indian War, and her learning of Chinook Jargon to foster peaceful cross-cultural relations with Native American tribes.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Phoebe Goodell Judson delivers foundational Pacific Northwest pioneer history, authentic Oregon Trail diaries, and female homesteading narrative. A cornerstone 1984 Bison Books paperback for readers of Western history and women's memoirs.

Edition & Specifications

Publisher: Bison Books

Pages: 314

Format: Paperback

Publication Date: 1984

ISBN: 9780803275591

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