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The work, compiled by Gary Babler, chronicles the journey of Dr. Samuel Ayres, a young Missouri doctor who ventured on the Oregon and California Trails to the gold fields of California in pursuit of wealth. Keeping a promise, he writes to his wife of the daily adventures and struggles of the journey to the unsettled frontier.
These trail letters detail, among other things, brief encounters with Indians and successful treatment of cholera along the Platte river between Fort Kearney and Fort Laramie. Unfortunately the letters stopped when Dr. Ayres succumbed to illness after working only one day in the gold fields.
Babler was born in Slater, Missouri and attended Missouri Valley College. He worked for AT&T, Bellcore and was a microwave propagation scientist. Addicted to genealogy, he has done extensive research into his family, and is a member of the State Historical Society of Missouri of Columbia, Missouri.
Love Letters to Missouri-A Kept Promise is available in softcover (ISBN 1-58939-863-7) from Virtualbookworm.com, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. The book can also be ordered from most bookstores around the United States and the United Kingdom. More information can be found at the author’s official website, www.bablerbooks.com.
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