An early settler hauled his family’s flour over the mountains on his back.

Evidence

When Evans, who is a very successful hunter, came here, he came on foot, and for some time after settling here he carried the flour and necessaries required by his family on his back over the mountains. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 129

Categorization

• STORYSTEM: A man walking provisions over a mountain pass on his back for his family is a self-contained image of frontier endurance — a scene or short story could hinge on one such trip in winter.
• CANDY: Great elevator fact: before the road, the flour for a mountain cabin came in on a man’s back.