On the Trail<p><p>Eliza stared out of the covered wagon, she and her family were leaving their home in Ohio. Two big horses pulled the wagon slowly across the prairie. Her father was driving and they were part of a wagon train. All the drivers had the same idea - to move out west and start a new life. <p><p>The springtime grasses were blooming and stretched behind them for miles. Eliza felt every single bump of the trail. As the wagon went over rocks and holes it shook her from left to right.  You see the trail wasn’t a smooth highway. It was a dirt path filled with rocks and ruts that stretched for hundreds of miles. Eliza knew this would be a very long journey.<p><p>