Emigrants on the Overland Trail, The Wagon Trains of 1848

Name/Title

Emigrants on the Overland Trail, The Wagon Trains of 1848

Entry/Object ID

L9999.999.3673

Description

Emigrants on the Overland Trail, The Wagon Trains of 1848. Describing the “lost” year of the overland emigrants in 1848. Provides an understanding of the westward movement through reconstruction of the experiences of all eighteen wagon trains that took to the Oregon and California Trails in 1848. Using as primary sources diaries written by seven men and women from different wagon companies. Diarists include a young mother, a French priest, a college-educated teacher, and an ox driver. Chapter 2: St. Joseph, a Rising Star. On page 17 is the photo of Joseph Robidoux as an old man, photo courtesy of the St. Joseph Museum. Table 3 on page 39, Wagons Leaving St. Joseph area by May, 7 1848. Table 4 on page 57, Companies known to have departed from St. Joseph in 1848. Credit is given to Sarah Elder, St. Joseph Museum, in the Acknowledgments The diarists and wagon masters are listed below along with photos of portraits of important persons related to trail history and artists who painted trail sites during the era of the emigration. Anderson, William Belknap, Keturah Bristow, William Corcoran, Thomas Cornwall, Pierre Barlow Clyman, James Greenwood, Caleb Hensley, Samuel J. May, Richard M. Lempfit, Father Porter, William Robidoux, Joseph Root, Riley Smith, Edward Chiles, Joseph Ballinger Stanley, Joseph Mix Jackson, William Henry Wilkins, James F. Nahl, Charles 516/Softbound/Maps/Photographs/Tables

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Art

Search Terms

Wagon Trains to Oregon, 1848, Overland Trails, Pioneers--West, Diaries, Overland Journeys to the Pacific, Wagon Companies leaving St. Joseph, May, 1848, Companies known to have departed from St. Joseph, 1848, Companies known to have departed from Independence, 1848, Independence Rock, LaBonte Creek, Fort Laramie, Chimney Rock, South Platte Crossing, Devil's Gate, Fort Hall, Thousand Springs, Three Island Crossing, City of Rocks, Blue Mountains, Barlow Cutoff, Oregon City, Crossing the Plains, Winter Quarters, Western Migration, Oregon Trail, Trails, Diary, St. Joe Road, Western Art, Trails Art, Gold Rush, California Trail, Forts, Mormon Trail

Book Details

Author

LaSalle, Michael E.

Place Published

City

Kirksville

State/Province

Missouri

Date Published

2011

Call No.

Western LA

ISBN

978-1-935503-95-8

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 1, 2012

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Thomas Corcoran

Person or Organization

Pierre Barlow Cornwall

Person or Organization

Clyman, James

Person or Organization

Robidoux, Joseph

Person or Organization

Riley Root

Person or Organization

Edward Smith

Person or Organization

Joseph Ballinger Chiles

Person or Organization

Joseph Mix Stanley

Person or Organization

William Henry Jackson

Person or Organization

James F. Wilkins

Person or Organization

Charles Nahl

Person or Organization

Keturah Belknap

Person or Organization

William Bristow

Person or Organization

Father Lempfrit

Person or Organization

Richard May

Person or Organization

William T. Anderson

Person or Organization

Samuel J. Hensely

Person or Organization

Caleb Greenwood