Homesteading, fleeing from Apaches, mining, running a stagecoach stop, cowboying, herding sheep,chasing outlaws, and raising a family are all a part of this true narrative written by award-winning author Pat Garber. "Westward Bound with the Bloxtons" is the account of a Virginia-born family who, after the Civil War, goes west to the Arizona Territory to homestead and make a life there. It is based on diaries and letters written by Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, her three brothers, brother-in-law, and cousin over a forty-year time period, from !874 to 1916. They include locations, not just in southern Arizona, but also in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles, California. The manuscript was transcribed and compiled by Louisa Jane's great-granddaughter, who has a background in anthropology, education, and history. The material only recently came to light so it is largely an untold story.