The Helonaki Deep Dive
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The Helonaki Deep Dive
Shackelford: Ruth Galloway Shackelford
August 05, 2021
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The Helonaki
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Season 1
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Episode 18
Ruth Galloway Shackelford was born and raised in Boone County, Missouri, in a family that had emigrated from Kentucky. Ruth's family and upraising formed her character, which is evident in her diaries. She was not alone in being reluctant to uproot her family to travel to California, as is evident from the testimony from other women in Lillian Schliessel's book "Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey".