Rovia E. Alexander, The Souvenir of Western Women (1905)
“ Newman was battling for life against the cholera, those miscreants, her hired men, conspired to rob and desert her. Selecting the best teams and taking all the wagons except the one she occupied, they drove away, leaving the prostrated woman and her children by the roadside, hundreds of miles from kindred and friends. ”
Rovia E. Alexander, The Souvenir of Western Women (1905)
“ Before starting for the West he had purchased a stock of drugs and medicines, with which to open a practice upon his arrival in Oregon. But scarcely had he passed beyond the limits of civilization when it became necessary to draw upon his precious store. A little party of emigrants encamped on the north bank of the Platte River had fallen victims to the cholera. The owner of the train was first seized and quickly succumbed. Then the widow was stricken. Learning that a physician was in a train near by, a messenger was sent for him. ”
Rovia E. Alexander, The Souvenir of Western Women (1905)
“ Mary's Academy is situated in Jacksonville, Oregon, the terminus of the Rogue River Valley Railway, which connects twice a day with the Southern Pacific at Medford, five miles east. The healthfulness of the location, with the facilities for obtaining a solid refined education, renders the place an ideal one for the education of girls. ”
