Four half-hour programs tell the story of the Oregon Trail.

As they journey west, a family nurtures the red geranium they have carried with them from their old home.

Includes "writings of more than a hundred women" who experienced the "trip across the continent." Revised edition includes material on "young girls ... between eight and sixteen for whom the monumental crossing was a lark."

Describes the emigration of people from the East Coast of the United States and from foreign countries to California to pursue the dream of discovering gold.