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"We sold everything we possessed except our three children...
and started on our journey to New Mexico. We had a very hard
trip... when we reached La Junta, the end of the railroad in
those days, [we] had to travel by stage, packed like sardines...
day and night for six days, only stopping to change horses and
get something to eat."
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"During the wagon trips women brought with them work baskets
with sewing materials for spare moments. They visited from wagon
to wagon tatting, quilting, knitting and exchanging recipes.
Sewing served as a reassurance of the women's civilized female
identity."
Andrea Kalinowski
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