Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P1578 Title A name given to the resource Linda Lawrence Hunt article, 1995 Description An account of the resource Telling about the cross-country hike (4,600 miles) by Helga Estby (age 36) and her daughter Clara (18), May 4-Dec. 23, 1896. Helga was born in 1860 in Oslo, her family emigrating to Manistee, Mich. When she was 11. After marrying Ole Estby the couple homesteaded in Minnesota and in 1887 (with 8 children) moved to Spokane, Wash. Poor health, unemployment and a large family inspired Helga to seek the prize of $10,000 for the hike offered by a New York woman. However, the offer was withdrawn (on the grounds that delays caused by accidents could not be considered), but then was made conditional on Helga's writing a book about the trip. Embittered and depressed, Helga never mentioned the trip again. After her husband's death in 1916 she began secretly to write an account, but a daughter-in-law burned it after her death, 1942.; Hunt is an Associate Professor of English at Whitworth College in Spokane, and a free-lance writer. Gift of the author, Hunt's book on the subject, Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's forgotten walk across Victorian America (298 p.) was published in 2003 by the University of Idaho Press. A clipping of an article about Hunt and her book (Spokman-Review Apr. 28, 2003) is included here. Location: 13/A/6 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 folder Type The nature or genre of the resource Clippings