TRUE STORIES
Western Trails Research Association Reno, Nevada |
by Katherine Burke Graziano
Jessie Calloway Hale was absorbed in the journey of life and the adventures that waited at every crossroad. Her pioneer roots gave her a strong will, but time interrupted her dream of completing a book . . . Forty years after Jessie died, the author took the first steps toward realizing the dream that eluded her great-grandmother. Concerned with historical accuracy and personal detail, she filled gaps in the fabric of Jessie's story . . . Jessie's Footsteps is a fine tapestry. In these pages, you'll find pioneers and emigrant trails, logging camps and ghost towns, the Donner story and the "California Column," the Wild West and the Great Depression, surprises and mysteries . . .
-- from the Foreword
- "First-hand accounts of places and times that are not written down anywhere else."
- - Marilou West Ficklin, professional genealogist/ historical researcher
- "A marvelous glimpse of life in the early days."
- - Tom Macaulay, Truckee Basin researcher
- "Jessie's Footsteps is a classic, and the story has not ended yet."
- - R. Joe King, emigrant trails researcher
KATHERINE BURKE GRAZIANO, a great-granddaughter of Jessie Hale, was born and raised in California. She majored in English literature at the University of California, Berkeley. After getting Jessie's papers, she pieced together family stories, legal documents, letters, lists, maps, memoirs, news reports, and photos to follow Jessie's Footsteps.
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