{"product_id":"trail-of-hope","title":"Trail of Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1843, nearly a thousand settlers gathered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Independence, Missouri, their wagons laden with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edreams of Oregon's promised valleys. They came from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall walks of life-farmers, carpenters, merchants, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eartisans-each carrying generations of Eastern skills toward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean uncertain Western future. This great migration would\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emark the first major wagon train to traverse the Oregon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrail, blazing a path that countless others would follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe journey stretched roughly two thousand miles across\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehalf a continent. Those who attempted it faced a gauntlet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof natural obstacles: the muddy Missouri plains, the harsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlatte River Valley, the towering Rocky Mountains, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escorching Snake River desert. Disease, accidents, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunforgiving elements claimed many lives along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet still they came, drawn by stories of fertile soil and fresh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeginnings in Oregon's Willamette Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of one such family-the Wheelers of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePennsylvania carried five generations of craft and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etradition toward Oregon's distant shore. Their journey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewould test their physical endurance and understanding of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat makes a home. Like many others who attempted the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrail that year, they would learn that some treasures can only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe found by leaving everything familiar behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jason F Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46337307738348,"sku":"9798218586034","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9798218586034.jpg?v=1743703444","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/trail-of-hope","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}