Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865

Days on the Road is an autobiographical account of a young woman who traveled over the Great Plains toward the Rocky Mountains by wagon train with her mother and two younger brothers. Barely a month after the end of the Civil War, Sarah Raymond Herndonheaded westwith no certain idea of where to go but a strong desire to leave Missouri and start a new life in the West.

Sarah Raymond Herndon (1840-1914) was a pioneer women. She is famous for her classic story of days on the road. She describes the beauty of the country and the wrenching heartbreak of losing loved ones.