. . . When I was ten years old, in 1869, my stepmother and I came to America and Utah. I remember the trip over on the boat because it was terrible. The boat would rock up and down. They used tin cups and plates so as to prevent breakage.

When we arrived in New York, we got on a train and went to Council Bluffs or somewhere along there and we had to get off the train then and we rode in a wagon for two days. This was because the railroad tracks were washed out. The wagon was drawn by a team of horses and I surely thought that was a funny way to travel. We were able to get back on the train later and complete our trip by rail but I don't remember just where it was. The train we came on was one of the first trains that came to Ogden and there were many people down at the depot to see us arrive. . . . [p.26]

BIB: Briggs, Eliza Barnes, [Interview], Utah Pioneer Biographies
, vol. 6, p. 26. (FHL)
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