"Mr. Ingalls' Journey West - 1870" opens a window to our past. Relive this era through Mr. Ingalls' documented experiences, feelings and views pertaining to transportation, agricultural conditions, politics, religion, and the significant sights along his travels, and especially the acclaimed sights of California's Yosemite Valley and San Francisco. Mr. Ingalls wrote 40 letters concerning his 1870 journey west from Watertown, NY. Our country was rapidly developing, transcontinental rail travel was just now available, and individuals were taking this rapid mode of travel to visit and see the...