By Ox Team to California is a firsthand account of a pioneer woman's journey across the West in 1860. The author brings thrilling and exciting stories from a 2000 miles journey from Hannibal, Missouri, to California, via Colorado and Utah.

Lavinia Honeyman Porter(1836–1910) was a pioneer woman from West Virginia famous for her autobiographical book By Ox Team to California: A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860