Sarah Estelle Fox Allen was a California pioneer and a member of the ill-fated Rose–Baley Party, the first emigrant wagon train to attempt the journey from New Mexico to California via Beale's Wagon R
Sallie Fox in her wedding dress, 1873
Inscription Rock in New Mexico where Sallie Fox carved her name on 8 July 1858
Sallie Fox's mother Mary in her later years. She died in 1899 at the age of 75.
Edward O. Smith, who brought Sallie Fox and her family to California. As she had promised in 1858, she named her first son after him.
The Rose–Baley Party was the first European American emigrant wagon train to traverse the 35th parallel route known as Beale's Wagon Road, established by Edward Fitzgerald Beale, from Zuni Pueblo, New
Sallie Fox
…Sarah Estelle Fox Allen (1845 – 7 February 1913) was a California pioneer and a member of the ill-fated Rose–Baley Party, the first emigrant wagon train to attempt the journey from New Mexico to California via Beale's Wagon Road. A twelve-year-old child when she traveled…
A "prairie schooner" covered wagon, 1909
A classic image of the American cowboy, as portrayed by C.M. Russell