Sweetbriar Spring — Brenda Wilbee

In 1851 two women kissed each other goodbye in a sweetbriar garden in Illinois. They wept for they knew they'd never see each other again. Louisa was moving to Oregon. "The sweetbriar!" Louisa cried. "They are God's promise of spring! Let me take some seeds to the Promised Land, and you keep some. That way we will never be parted! Not ever!" At 24 beautiful Louisa Boren bids farewell to her childhood home and friend, and begins her journey toward destiny. Within two years she marries David Denny and together they lay the foundation for one of America's greatest cities--Seattle.