This 701-page journal is written in a narrative style and covers approximately sixteen months of travel around the western United States by Hill and her children. It dates from August 8, 1905 to December 14, 1906. During this period, Hill was working on her second and third commissions for the Northern Pacific Railway, painting scenery in Yellowstone National Park in both 1905 and 1906. She also began a personal project to paint portraits of Native Americans. Hill and her children lived on the Flathead Reservation in Montana for approximately five weeks in the autumn of 1905 and returned again in 1906. They also visted the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.