Olive Oatman is remembered as one of the most famous survivors of the 19th-century American West, but her life began quite ordinarily. In which state was she born before her family's fateful journey began?

Born in 1837 to Mary Ann and Royce Oatman, Olive grew up in a large Mormon family in Illinois. Her life took a dramatic turn when she was 14 and her family decided to leave their original group for a new pilgrimage.

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