Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.
Contents:
Wagon Train By-Laws, 1849 -- Articles of Agreement, 1864 -- Outfit for Oregon, 1847 -- Emigrant's guide to California, 1849 -- Prairie Traveler Handbook for Overland Travelers, 1859 -- Meeker's Memorandum of Outfit and Eatables, 1852 -- Narcissa Whitman, into the unknown, 1836 -- Thomas Jefferson Farnham, go west, young man! 1839 -- Jesse Applegate, a boy's grand adventure 1843 -- Catherine Sager, Oregon Trail orphan 1844 -- Abigail Scott, where many fond hopes have been laid 1852 -- Ezra Meeker, the trail was a battlefield 1852 -- Helen Stewart, oh dear, oh dear! This is going to Oregon 1853 -- Fincelius G. Burnett, army Indian fighter on the Overland Trail 1865 -- Mrs. Lucy Alice Ide, trail's end, thus we all are scattered 1878.
Summary:
Provides paintings, photographs, newspaper articles, and fictionalized diaries of real people who traveled the Oregon Trail throughout the nineteenth century.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.