Petticoat Party

3 primary works

Go West, Young Women

by Kathleen Karr

Published 16 August 1995

When a disaster claims the men of their wagon train, spunky twelve-year-old Phoebe, her mother, sister, and other women rely on their own resources to complete the journey to Oregon in 1845.

Phoebe's Folly

by Kathleen Karr

Published 1 June 1900

Now armed with rifles, the self-reliant women of the Petticoat Party wagon train continue their journey to Oregon City and face more challenges including a shooting contest with a band of Snake Indians.

Oregon Sweet Oregon

by Kathleen Karr

Published 1 October 1997

As her family and other members of the Petticoat Party settle into their new lives in the Oregon territory, thirteen-year-old Phoebe Brown yearns for more of the freedoms she had experienced on the difficult cross-country journey.