Countdown Day #1 to Leap into Love FB Party

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WOOT! IT'S ALMOST HERE!

TOMORROW the Authors at Sweet Americana Sweethearts are holding their first ever Facebook Party and YOU are invited! We are calling it LEAP INTO LOVE 

because...well...love is a BIG LEAP for most of us and we are holding it on LEAP DAY! 

                             Some things to look forward to ~ 

     1. A chance to chat with your favorite authors and meet some new ones.

     2. Drawings for PRIZES throughout the 3-hour party.

     3. A GRAND PRIZE for those who enter our RAFFLECOPTER CONTEST

                    (See below! You can enter now!)

The books we promote are sweet, clean historical romance set in America between 1820 & 1920. They are full of romance, adventure & mystery with a G to PG rating. 

We like to call them Family Friendly.

Our GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY will be for one lucky subscriber to our newsletter. To enter, simply sign up through the link below. You can increase your odds of winning if you "Like" &"Share" this event with your friends on social media. The more the merrier! 

Day #1  of Countdown to Leap into Love featuring:

Kathryn Albright

Learn more about this author by visiting her author page. Click HERE

To chat with all of our authors and have a chance to win more prizes, join us at our  
Leap into Love Facebook Party
on Monday, February 29th ~  Leap Day! ~ from 5:30 to 8:30p.m. Eastern Time
Join the party by clicking HERE. 

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The Countdown Begins-A Visual Tour of the Oregon Trail

Today begins our countdown to the Leap Into Love Facebook Party. Only 11 Days to go until you can come and chat with your favorite authors and win prizes.

As I thought of what to share today, the Oregon Trail kept coming to mind. I kept thinking of other topics, but the idea wouldn't go away, so today I'll take you on a visual tour of the Oregon Trail, sharing photos of some of the most recognizable landmarks the emigrants would look for on their countdown to Oregon.

We begin with Independence, MO, the beginning of the trail.

Our next step is Courthouse and Jailhouse Rock, the first landmark the pioneers would come to.

Twelve miles west comes one of the now most famous landmarks, Chimney Rock.

We're counting down and well into our trip. Now we've reached what's present-day Wyoming, and we make a stop at Ft. Laramie, one of the most important forts in the west. Close your eyes and picture it in its heyday, with scores of soldiers, wagons, and pioneers about.

Moving on, we stop at Independence Rock, so called each because wagon train hoped to reach it by July 4th. If they didn't, they knew they were behind.

About this time, many pioneers would need to restock supplies. Ft. Bridger became an important stopping point along the trail.

                                          

Now in Washington, we come to the Whitman Mission. An important piece of history, it was burned down in 1847 by the Cayuse Indians in what's known at the Whitman Massacre. Today in it's location is a national historic site and monument to honor its former presence.

Arrival! After nearly six months or more, the pioneers have made to the lush green land of the the Willamette Valley in Oregon.

Day 11 of Countdown to Leap into Love featuring:

Leah Atwood

Learn more about this author by visiting her author page. Click HERE

To chat with all of our authors and have a chance to win more prizes, join us at our  

Leap into Love Facebook Party

on Monday, February 29th ~  Leap Day! ~ from 5:30 to 8:30p.m. Eastern Time

Join the party by clicking HERE. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway