Mary Walker – One of the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains in a covered wagon. She kept intimate diaries of her challenges while on the trail and of her missionary life, building a rustic shelter in the wilderness, ministering to the Spokane Indians, and raising a family under trying conditions. Part of a series of "mini docs" to honor Washington state's women for the state’s Centennial, 1989. Series has profiles of: Helen Thayer, Roberta Byrd, Helma Ward and Mary Walker. Funded by Washington Centennial Commission.
