They Sought A Land
In 1840, prosperous farming families left North and South Carolina to trek in covered wagons to the unsettled Arkansas River Valley. Absorbing to read and rich with colorful detail, this is a story of the peopling of the western frontier and the ways in which hardship, religion and a shared past bound settlers together into a lasting community
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In 1840, prosperous farming families left North and South Carolina to trek in covered wagons to the unsettled Arkansas River Valley. Absorbing to read and rich with colorful detail, this is a story of the peopling of the western frontier and the ways in which hardship, religion and a shared past bound settlers together into a lasting community Booknews A study of an Arkansas community founded by Calvinist settlers traveling from the Carolinas in the 1850s. The author, a descendant of the settlers, uses family histories, church records, letters, and oral histories to explore the growth of the Pisgah community, the history of its church, and the effects of the Civil War upon its inhabitants. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
\ BooknewsA study of an Arkansas community founded by Calvinist settlers traveling from the Carolinas in the 1850s. The author, a descendant of the settlers, uses family histories, church records, letters, and oral histories to explore the growth of the Pisgah community, the history of its church, and the effects of the Civil War upon its inhabitants. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
