Phoebe Judson was a young bride in 1853 when she and her husband
crossed the plains from Ohio to the Puget Sound area of Washington
Territory. She was ninety-five when this book was first published
in 1925. The years between were spent in "a pioneer's search for an
ideal home" and in living there, when it was finally found at the
head of the Nooksack River, almost on the Canadian border. Phoebe
Judson's account of the journey west is based on daily diary
entries detailing her fear, excitement, and exhaustion. At the end
of the trail, the Judsons encountered hardships aplenty, causing
them to abandon a farm and business in Olympia before their arrival
in the Nooksack Valley. During the Indian Wars they holed up in a
fort at Claquato. In time, Phoebe overcame her fear of the Indians,
learned the Chinook language, and won their friendship. All this is
told in vivid detail by a woman of great dignity and charm whom
readers will long remember. In a foreword, Susan Armitage,
professor of history at Washington State University, calls "A
Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home" a "classic pioneering account,"
important for its woman's point of view.
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