Sensational historical Overland-California Trail accounts are merged into a comprehensive bird’s-eye view by historian Janelle Molony. She identifies the links between several well-known moving pieces that contributed toward one of the largest series of depredations, theft, and bloodshed in the “Black Hills” of Wyoming during the summer of 1864.
October, 1864 – A Wagon Train Divided. “[Earp] told the whole train he would give up his Captaincy unless they would adhere to the rules he gave.” To get across the Mohave Desert, the Pella Company would need a leader with more diplomacy…