Author : William Oates Ragsdale
Release : 1997-07-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 989/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis They Sought a Land by : William Oates Ragsdale
Download or read book They Sought a Land written by William Oates Ragsdale. This book was released on 1997-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1840, prosperous farming families left North and South Carolina to trek in covered wagons to the unsettled Arkansas River Valley. Absorbing to read and rich with colorful detail, this is a story of the peopling of the western frontier and the ways in which hardship, religion, and a shared past bound settlers together into a lasting community.