Vanished Arizona (Living Voices of the Past) (Living Voices of the Past, 2)

Summerhayes, Martha

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9780967188515: Vanished Arizona (Living Voices of the Past) (Living Voices of the Past, 2)

ISBN 10: 0967188512 ISBN 13: 9780967188515

Publisher: Beverlys Ltd, 1999

In 1874 when Martha Dunham Summerhayes came as a bride from the coast of Nantucket to Fort Russell in Wyoming Territory, she learned the hard facts of army life at Forts Whipple, McDowell, Apache, Yuma, Lowell and a summer in Ehrenberg, all in Arizona. She also spent time in other parts of the country where Santa Fe was her favorite. Her enthralling story told by actress Jane Merrifield-Beecher, gives episodes of traveling the Colorado River, using the red river water for bathing, rearing a baby in the isolation of the forts without the amenities she was use to in Nantucket and surviving the desert heat. This is three hours abridged.

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From the Back Cover:

In 1874, when Martha Summerhayes came as bride to Fort Russell In Wyoming Territory, she 'saw not much in those first few days besides bright buttons, blue uniforms, and shinning swords, ' but soon enough the hard facts of army life began to intrude.

About the Author:

Beverly Van Horn is married, has three grown children and eight grandchildren. She was a journalist 30 years, having founded two weekly newspapers in Colorado; started an Indian gallery and boutique in Colorado and Tucson, which she sold after 14 years; and is now now producing womens diaries of the 1800's on audio cassettes.

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