Henry Hayes - The Snake River Orphan

When the Hayes Family left their farm in Terre Haute Indiana in the spring of 1844 to travel the Oregon Trail to the west coast of America, twelve year old Henry knew it would be an adventurous and life changing event. He could never guess just how life changing. From the steamer that took his and other families up the Missouri River to the wagon journey over the trail they would face danger many times. Make friends, some to be lost again at the next trail cutoff and others that would be wi...