Oregon Trail Stories: True Accounts Of Life In A Covered Wagon

by David Klausmeyer

Overview

Travel along the Oregon Trail with the pioneers who dared to "face the elephant" as they moved west in search of a new life. Compiled from the trail diaries and memoirs that document this momentous period in American history, Oregon Trail Stories is a fascinating look at the great American migration of the 19th century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762730827
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/01/2003
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	520,386
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Compiled from diaries, letters, and memoirs written about the great American migration of the 19th century, including Lansford Hastings, Catherine Sager Pringle, Narcissa Whitman, and others.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
	Scenes and Incidents of a Party of Oregon Emigrants, 1842	1
	Across the Plains in 1843	12
	From the Letters of Narcissa Whitman, 1844	14
	On the Plains in 1844	18
	Reminiscences of a Trip across the Plains in '45	36
	Crossing the Plains in 1846	39
	Sketch of Hardships Endured by Those Who Crossed the Plains in '46	44
	The Diary of Patrick Breen, One of the Donner Party, November 1846 to March 1847	56
	From the Book of Reminiscences, California Society of Pioneers, 1849	71
	Letter Written on the Trail to California, 1849	75
	Iowa to the "Land of Gold," 1852	77
	Memoirs of Travel, 1852	80
	A Letter from Martha S. Read to Lorinda Shelton, 1852	93
	Interesting Story of His Experience in Hunting Buffalo Coming Across the Plains, 1853	95
	Crossing the Plains in 1853	114
	Rules of the Road, 1865	125
	The Equipment, Supplies, and the Method of Traveling	127