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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Helga Estby’s long, long walk was almost lost to history
In the later years of her life, Helga Estby would sit alone in her room and write the story of her long, long walk from Spokane to New York City. It’s a nearly unbelievable tale, spilling over with adventure, heartbreak and social import, and Helga had hoped to make a book of it. She and her daughter, Clara, walked the breadth of the nation in 1896 to try and save their family farm in Mica Creek – trudging over mountain passes and across lava beds and through deserts, stopping in cities to earn money and talk to newspaper reporters and meet with governors, all on the promise of a $10,000 payment from a sponsor in New York City.
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Helga Estby’s long, long walk was almost lost to history
In the later years of her life, Helga Estby would sit alone in her room and write the story of her long, long walk from Spokane to New York City. It’s a nearly unbelievable tale, spilling over with adventure, heartbreak and social import, and Helga had hoped to make a book of it. She and her daughter, Clara, walked the breadth of the nation in 1896 to try and save their family farm in Mica Creek – trudging over mountain passes and across lava beds and through deserts, stopping in cities to earn money and talk to newspaper reporters and meet with governors, all on the promise of a $10,000 payment from a sponsor in New York City.
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