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Jt was 1867 and times were hard in Rappahannock, as well as in the rest of the known country. v But as often in healthy depression, there comes an idea that loosens dispair and signals new hope.
For 3 families in Sperryville, this mirage took the shape of “The West.” Here, “they would make ^their fortunes . . . There, horizons would be unlimited.
Plans for moving West had been fermenting among the families for some weeks and months. They had even looked into therenting of farms and had corresponded with relatives in Missouri. Still The West loomed as an unknown quantity. But it was 1867 and times were indeed bad in Rappahannock. ,
Early one October ftioraing, a husband helped his wife into the, back of a covered wagon, and once | she was seated, lay 2 month old Rhoda in her arms. Wayne, 17 f months old, eagerly pulled on the} tail board and then, as he was t hoisted in, scampered over his mother’s feet. The baby, liking the excitement in the air, smiled and kicked her feet, unaware that she and her family were embarking on
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