ThisÊoneÊfamily'sÊjourneyÊacrossÊthe unsettledÊWest demonstrates howÊits understandings of family identity andÊselfhoodÊwere fostered. Beginning in the late 1880s,
each member's perspective of the past and the future
evolved as they moved from the Midwest to the
West and finally settled in various regions of the United States.ÊÊThisÊchronicleÊofÊfamilyÊmovementÊandÊcultural
assimilation contains anÊideologyÊof America that often
frames stories told about family and history.