Joe Henry's journey up the Missouri River to the Montana gold fields, 1862
by Marcia Melton
2014
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Eleven-year-old Joe Henry Grummond joins his twice-widowed father on an arduous journey from Kentucky to the gold fields of Bannack, Montana, in 1862, and as they try to earn enough to make a fresh start back home, they face a bully, outlaws, harsh winters, and back-breaking labor.