Oregon Trail

Book

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Oregon Trail

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.21

Description

The Oregon Trail is primarily a guidebook as well as a history book. The work was created as the WPA's writers project during the Depression. The book is written in geographical order beginning with Missouri-Iowa, then Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon. The book contains an outline of the events related to the Oregon Trails from 1837- 1860. This book is part of the Don Reynolds Collection. 243/Hardbound/Photographs

Collection

Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express

Search Terms

St. Joseph--Missouri, Eugene Field Home--St. Joseph, Missouri, Jesse James Home--St. Joseph, Missouri, Federal Writers Project, Works Progress Administration, Oregon Trail, Guide Book, WPA, Trails

Book Details

Author

Federal Writer's Projects' of the Works Progress Administration

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1939

Publication Language

English

Call No.

Western FE

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 21, 2010

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Richard Burton

Person or Organization

Josiah Gregg

Person or Organization

Jesse James

Person or Organization

Field, Eugene