Byron Sanford was born in 1826 in Albion, New York, a descendant of the original Winthrop family who came to America in 1632 from England. Trained as a blacksmith and wagon maker, he found work in Terra Haute, Indiana. In 1857, the plant where he worked burned down, and he moved to Nebraska City, Nebraska. There he met Mollie Dorsey, daughter of William Dorsey. They married in 1860 and shortly afterward, began the tireless, eight-week trip by ox team for Colorado Territory. Mollie kept a journal of the trip to Colorado, as well as an earlier trip which she made with her family from Indianapolis, Indiana to Nebraska City. This journal, which covered the period of 1857-1866 in Mollie's life, has become an important document of Western American history and is recognized as one of the best and most readable journals of the period.
Byron Sanford was born in 1826 in Albion, New York, a descendant of the original Winthrop family who came to America in 1632 from England. Trained as a blacksmith and wagon maker, he found work in Terra Haute, Indiana. In 1857, the plant where he worked burned down, and he moved to Nebraska City, Nebraska. There he met Mollie Dorsey, daughter of William Dorsey. They married in 1860 and shortly afterward, began the tireless, eight-week trip by ox team for Colorado Territory. Mollie kept a journal of the trip to Colorado, as well as an earlier trip which she made with her family from Indianapolis, Indiana to Nebraska City. This journal, which covered the period of 1857-1866 in Mollie's life, has become an important document of Western American history and is recognized as one of the best and most readable journals of the period.
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