Day 5: Relief and Reunion
Day 5: RELIEF AND REUNION We traveled 26 miles in one day, it took Forlorn Hope 8 days to reach the same place. The final week or so of the Forlorn…
Day 5: RELIEF AND REUNION We traveled 26 miles in one day, it took Forlorn Hope 8 days to reach the same place. The final week or so of the Forlorn…
Day 1 was “Hope”, Day 2 “Forlorn”, Day 3 “Despair” and Day 4... Day 4: PEAKS AND VALLEYS We traveled 21 miles in one day, it took Forlorn Hope 7 days…
A carriage-maker from Belleville, Illinois, William Eddy was born to Nathan Eddy and ? act. 1816 in Providence, Rhode Island Eddy is referred to as "William H. Eddy" in the literature of…
Daughter of Jeremiah Burns Murphy and Levinah W. Jackson, Sarah was born 04 Nov 1826 in Union County, SC Sarah Murphy Foster was one of the five young women who joined…
[Editor's note: Bill Holmes is a member of the OCTA and Wheatland Historical Society and is very knowledgeable of Camp Far West and Johnson's Ranch, where the Forlorn Hope survivors…
Daughter of Jeremiah Burns Murphy and Levinah W. Jackson, Harriet was born on 08 May 1828 in Union Co., SC Levinah Jackson Murphy’s second daughter, Harriet, was only 14 when…
William Foster was born on 25 Oct 1815 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA to David Foster and Rebecca McFaddenHe was one of two male survivors of the Forlorn Hope. Both…
The photo above is of William McCutchen, husband of Amanda. We've not been able to locate a single photo of Amanda.Born abt. 1822 in Pettis Co., MO, Amanda married William…
Daughter of Franklin Ward Graves and Elizabeth Cooper, Mary Ann Graves was one of five women survivors of the Forlorn Hope (along with her sister Sarah).Born on 01 Nov 1826 in…
When I was invited on this expedition in early November, I happened to be in SoCal working remotely. I was near a decent trail system in the Anaheim Hills, so…