Blazing a Wagon Trail to Oregon: A Weekly Chronicle of the Great Migration of 1843
Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.3817
Description
Blazing a Wagon Trail to Oregon: A Weekly Chronicle of the Great Migration of 1843. The author has congealed information found in diaries, journals, newspapers, reports to describe the first major movement west to Oregon in 1843. Book is signed by author on title page.
The Chapters are:
Catching the Fever
Preparing to Go
Epic Journey Begins
Moving Community
Stormy Weather
Indian Territory
Platte River Road
South Platte Crossing
Missionary Doctor
Sights along the North Platte
Fort Laramie
Independence Rock
Death, Disease, Acts of Diety
South Pass
Fort Bridger
Bear River Valley
Fort Hall
First Wagons West
Snake River Plateau
Fort Boise
Burnt River Canyon
Blue Mountain Crossing
Whitman Mission
Columbia River Indians
Final Days
184/Softbound
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Western Migration, Oregon Trail, Great Migration of 1843
