1.   A pioneer ancestor of mine, Solomon Hockett, was part of a great wagon train adventure west on the Oregon Trail.

2.   But like your pioneer ancestors who settled this district, you are not deterred by adversity.

3.   Dissatisfaction with the perils and grime of urban life leads the author to take his family back to the land of his pioneer ancestors.

4.   We held romantic illusions about the trail, envisioning our pioneer ancestors blazing a path from the Northeast colonies into the Southern wilderness.