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1 - Preparations; Camping in Kansas

An episode of the By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860 podcast, hosted by Lavinia Honeyman Porter, titled "1 - Preparations; Camping in Kansas" was published on February 27, 2011 and runs 35 minutes.

February 27, 2011 ·35m · By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860

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By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860 by Lavinia Honeyman Porter (1836 - 1910) LibriVox Imagine a young, twenty-something woman in 1860, reared “in the indolent life of the ordinary Southern girl” (which means she has never learned to cook); married to a professional man who knows “nothing of manual labor;” who is mother to a young son; and who has just found out she is pregnant with their second child. Imagine that this couple has become “embarrassed financially” by “imprudent speculations,” and that they are discussing what to do. They decide to buy a wagon and three yoke of unbroken oxen and head overland to California."We were two such precious dunces,” writes Lavinia Honeyman Porter in her autobiographical account of their journey across the plains. “In a short time the six oxen were bought, driven to our home and turned loose in our barnyard--wild brutes, as handy as with their heels as with their horns. Not one of us was brave enough to venture into the corral with them and we soon concluded we had six white elephants on our hands.” From there on in, La Ethereum News ETH Daily A daily briefing on the latest in Ethereum, DeFi, staking, and ZK. Follow us @ethdaily and subscribe to the newsletter at ethdaily.io. Sponsored by Lido. End Time Message Tabernacle Specials End Time Message Tabernacle The ETMT Specials Podcast provides recorded music from End Time Message Tabernacle.All media provided by this podcast is copyright protected.© End Time Message Tabernacle Edmonton, 2025 Focus on Africa BBC World Service Two essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Nkechi Ogbonna. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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