Nancy Kelsey, the First White Woman to Cross Utah

Lyndia Carter History Blazer, November 1996 “Where my husband goes I can go. I can better stand the hardships of the journey than the anxieties for an absent husband.” With those words Nancy Kelsey began a journey across country no white woman had ever made. With her baby on her hip, Nancy, who had just turned 18 a few days …

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Nancy Kelsey The First White Woman to Cross Utah

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