The name Juliet Brier doesn't leap to mind when thinking about the courageous women who endured the wagon train trip to California. But it should. Because she stands as an astonishing example of the perseverance, grit and endurance of those migrating women.
“I have never been a hindrance. I have never kept the company waiting, neither have my children and every step I take will be toward California.” Those are the words she spoke when someone suggested she stay behind in Death Valley in 1
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