My Journal 1836

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

My Journal 1836

Entry/Object ID

L1996.16.57

Description

My Journal 1836 is by missionary Narcissa Whitman. Left New York home and took steamboat to Pittsburgh and to St. Louis then Liberty, Missouri. Journeyed overland to Fort Walla Walla and then via the Columbia River to Fort Vancouver. The journal is donfined to events "west of the Rocky Mountains." Whitman was one of two women who first made the trip to Oregon overland. 80/Hardbound/Illustrations/Maps

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

Whitman, Narcissa, Whitman Mission, Oregon Trail, Emigration - Oregon Trail, Trails, Diary, Western Migration, Expansion

Book Details

Author

Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss

Place Published

City

Fairfield

State/Province

Washington

Date Published

1994

Call No.

Western WH

LCCN

0-87770-532-1

Notes

Copy No.: 2

Condition

Overall Condition

Good