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Pioneer Quilts and the Oregon Trail

The thousands of women and their families who braved the dangers of the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800s left an amazing legacy in their quilts. This program, presented by art historian Susan Olds, will feature true stories of intrepid women quilters who braved the westward migration of the 1800s. Learn how women coped with harsh frontier conditions and kept their connections to home through their quilt-making.

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