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Diary of Ellen Fletcher Reveals Overland Montana Trip
Excerpts from Mrs. Ellen Fletcher of Virginia City document a May 1866 overland journey from Bellevue Nebraska to Montana. The diary covers wagon life along the Bozeman Trail era and the frontiersmen daily travel, with notes on weather, travel pace, and the movers who accompanied the Fletcher family and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hol Weed
Galleld
Ellen Fletcher
Nebraska
Montana
Bozeman Trail
Virginia City
Elno
Will
Chell
Billy
Ella
Tom
John LeFever
Dell
Cuba
New York
William
Billy) Fletcher
Ohio River
Missouri
Bellevue
Nebr
Fletcher
Mrs. Fletcher
Wyoming
Fort Laramie
Townie Fletcher
Chell Fletcher
I. 3
Wolfe
Gilantes
Daugher
Billy Fletcher
Bozeman
Margaret McDonald
Winifred Gibson
Livingston
Carl Fletcher
Sam Fletcher
Ennis
Will Fletcher
McAllister
Blanche Thompson
Alberton
Florence McKinnon
McAlister
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