Oregon National Historic Trail
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Stillman Churchill diary
Gordon C. Cone diary
Alphonse B. Day diary
Handwritten account of Day's overland journey from the Missouri River to Oregon in 1849. Diary primarily focuses on travelling conditions: grass, water, and condition of horse and ox teams. A number of companions died from cholera and mountain fever. Day intended to travel to California, but "as I think its impossible to go to California with a team," headed to Oregon instead.
William D. Grantham diary
Edward Jackson diary
Lodge No. 849 photograph album
Contains twelve black-and-white photographs and photograph copies of the original album. Pictured are members of Elks fraternal order from Lodge No. 849 on their way to the Elks' convention in Portland, Oregon. Also contains a picture of a monument dedicated to the pioneers that crossed the Oregon Trail. Dated approximately 1925.
Andrew Jackson Poe and Clarence Poe family papers
Elijah Allen Spooner letters and diary
Tolles family papers
Trip on the Oregon cattle trail
Typewritten autobiographical account with handwritten corrections by and unknown author. The writer used his diary to help him remember what had happened. The autor writes about leaving Boston, Massachusetts, to go to Wyoming and drive cattle.