California Trail Discovered

A week after the housefire, Daniel sifted through the scorched remains of his home in search of something to salvage. Kicking his parents' twisted metal bedframe, he glanced at Pastor Lovejoy. "Pastor, do Hannah and I have to move West with Morgan and his relatives?"

Pastor Lovejoy nudged a pile of ash with the toe of his leather boot. "Morgan's your legal guardian now. You have to go where he goes."

Daniel thrust his arm out and pointed west. "But all the way to Oregon Country?"

The pastor pi...