Rooted: The Lives of Amos and Hannah Root, Pioneers of Mosier, Oregon

The book "Rooted" chronicles the lives of a pioneering American family over a fifty-year time span, beginning in the 1970s and ending on a tragic day in 1923. It is the story of Amos and Hannah Root, who traveled west from Indiana in 1871 in search of the perfect place to settle. Their journey began with a secret elopement to a neighboring town, and continued to Chicago, where, owing to the completion of the two-year old transcontinental railroad system, they were able to board a train for ...