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Eye Witness to History; Crossing the Plains, 1865

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Article offers the diaries of Sarah Raymond as she treks across the Great Plains. Describes the many hardships encountered on this long journey.

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1865, crossing the plains, emigrant wagons, expanding the frontier, frontier settlers, great plains, moving west, plains, traveling west, wagon train, crossing the great plains, eleven graves, great plain, heading west, killed on the road, murder in camp, the dust
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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