Moving West on the Drain Covered Wagon: A Day by Day Diary of the 1959 Oregon Wagon Train. This booklet details the retracing the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri to Independence, Oregon. Former U.S. President Harry S. Truman started the seven wagons and 28 people off on April 19.1959. Included was the author, a logger by trade, his wife, Ki, and his daughter, Janell. This is the story of that trip which reached Independence, OR on August 14.
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Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection
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Retracing the Oregon Trail, Modern Day Wagon Trains, Truman, Harry S., Independence, Oregon, Trails, Oregon Trail
