They Came to a Valley: A Panoramic Novel about the Early Northwest and the Pioneer Quest

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press

They came from all walks of life, courageous travelers seeking a new beginning in the West.  They were young and old, doctors and farmers, lawyers and carpenters, Missourians and Iowans, Republicans and Democrats.  Their only bond was the fear of crossing the big, beautiful but hostile land that they were determined to make their own.