A pioneer's search for an ideal home : a book of personal memoirs

Phoebe Judson was a young bride in 1853 when she and her husband crossed the plains from Ohio to the Puget Sound area of Washington Territory. She was ninety-five when this book was first published in 1925. The years between were spent in "a pioneer's search for an ideal home" and in living there, when it was finally found at the head of the Nooksack River, almost on the Canadian border. Phoebe Judson's account of the journey west is based on daily diary entries detailing her fear, excitement, and exhaustion. At the end of the trail, the Judsons encountered hardships aplenty, causing them to abandon a farm and business in Olympia before their arrival in the Nooksack Valley. During the Indian Wars they holed up in a fort at Claquato. In time, Phoebe overcame her fear of the Indians, learned the Chinook language, and won their friendship. All this is told in vivid detail by a woman of great dignity and charm whom readers will long remember. In a foreword, Susan Armitage, professor of history at Washington State University, calls A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home a "classic pioneering account," important for its woman's point of view.

Preface	p. 6
A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home Chapter I	p. 7
Chapter II p. 14
Chapter III p. 18
Chapter IV p. 22
Chapter V p. 27
Chapter VI p. 31
Chapter VII p. 35
Chapter VIII p. 39
Chapter IX p. 45
Chapter X p. 49
Chapter XI p. 55
Chapter XII p. 62
Chapter XIII p. 68
Chapter XIV p. 73
Chapter XV p. 81
Chapter XVI p. 85
Chapter XVII p. 89
Chapter XVIII p. 95
Chapter XIX p. 103
Chapter XX p. 111
Chapter XXI p. 116
Chapter XXII p. 124
Chapter XXIII p. 128
Chapter XXIV p. 134
Chapter XXV p. 141
Chapter XVII p. 148
Chapter XXVII p. 151
Chapter XXVIII p. 153
Chapter XXIX p. 159
Chapter XXX p. 167
Chapter XXXI p. 173
Chapter XXXII p. 178
Chapter XXXIII p. 182
Chapter XXXIV p. 189
Chapter XXXV p. 194
Chapter XXXVI p. 200
Chapter XXXVII p. 208
Chapter XXXVIII p. 215
Chapter XXXIV p. 222
Chapter XL p. 229
Chapter XLI p. 234
Chapter XLII p. 240
Chapter XLIII p. 243
Chapter Xviv p. 249
Chapter XLV p. 257
Chapter XLVI p. 263
Chapter XLVII p. 269
Chapter XLVIII p. 273
Chapter Xlix p. 277
Chapter L p. 285
Chapter LI p. 288
Chapter LII p. 296
Chapter LIII p. 303
Chapter Liv p. 306
Chapter LV p. 308
The Conquest of the West	p. 310
Conclusion	p. 314

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