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21. Covered Wagon Centennial Covered Wagon Centennial 1930 Map of the Oregon Trail including a numbered index with historic landmarks detailed. Created as part of the Covered Wagon Centennial (April 10th to December 29th, 1930, as designated by President Herbert...
22. Covered Wagon Centennial Covered Wagon Centennial 1930 Folder contains miscellaneous items including printed addresses, programs, mimeographed material, poster, etc., published for the Covered Wagon Centennial held in 1930. The vertical files in this collection...
23. Crossing the Plains Crossing the Plains 1912 Illustrations and article about the crossing of the Great Plains across Kansas along the Oregon Trail from western Missouri by Mrs. Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, or Narcissa Whitman of New York with her husband...
24. Crossing the Plains In 1845 Crossing the Plains In 1845 1845 A 15 page typewritten account plus a photocopy of it. Includes 1952 letter from bookseller Frank Glenn stating that manuscript came to him "many years ago in the collection of William E. Connelly". Found...
25. David McCanles David McCanles File containing multiple newspaper articles about David McCanles, a merchant in Kansas City and former western freighter killed by Wild Bill Hickok in Nebraska on the Oregon Trail in 1861. Dispute over...
26. Dean Earl Wood Book Manuscript Dean Earl Wood Book Manuscript ca1950 Unprocessed special collection. Four boxes containing primarily the book manuscript for "The Westport Branch of the Oregon Trail" which was published in 1953. Also contains miscellaneous items collected...
27. Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847 Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847 1926 Description of 1840s Independence, including its business activity and "Noland's Hotel," "the most commodious in Missouri, excepting those in St. Louis."
28. Eastward Ho! Ezra Meeker Memorializes the Oregon Trail, 1905-1910 Eastward Ho! Ezra Meeker Memorializes the Oregon Trail, 1905-1910 November//1968 Photos, illustrations, and information on Ezra Meeker (1830-1928), an Oregon Trail pioneer starting in 1853 and later a promoting the trail with monuments and books.
29. Edwards Family Genealogy Edwards Family Genealogy Information about Colonel Philip Edwards (1812-1869), a Missouri state representative in the 1840s, born in Kentucky and moving to Missouri in 1824, to Liberty in 1833, traveling from there to Oregon in...
30. Etched in Time: Overland Memories of Johnson County Etched in Time: Overland Memories of Johnson County Spring 2003 The early emigrants going west on the Oregon-California Trail and Santa Fe Trail came through Johnson County, Kansas. Diary entries describe the terrain. Two of the most common campsites were Sapling Grove,...
31. Experiences of Lewis Bissell Dougherty On the Oregon Trail Experiences of Lewis Bissell Dougherty On the Oregon Trail April 1, 1930 Lewis Dougherty, one of four children of John Dougherty, at age 78 recounts his mid 19th century adventures going west along the trail to Oregon. He recounts the wagon trains, Indian encounters, buffalo...
32. Ezra Meeker Ezra Meeker August 20, 1923 Inscription on back of photo reads, ""Old Oregon Trail in solid rock, Sweetwater Valley, Wyo. Ezra Meeker in reminiscent attitude-taken August 20, 1923 by Albert Park, Casper, Wyo.
33. Ezra Meeker--Apostle of the Oregon Trail Ezra Meeker--Apostle of the Oregon Trail March//1970 Photos and biographical article about Ezra Meeker (1830-1928), a traveler on the Oregon Trail starting in 1852 and marking the trail and writing books about it starting in the early 1900s. Description...
34. Ezra Meeker in Front of Guard House at Fort Bridger Ezra Meeker in Front of Guard House at Fort Bridger August 21, 1923 Inscription on back of photo reads, ""Ezra Meeker says that he has just located the ""Hole in the Wall Country.""
35. Ezra Meeker's March to Washington, March-December 1907 Ezra Meeker's March to Washington, March-December 1907 Summer 2006 It has been 100 years since Ezra Meeker's 1906 Old Oregon Trail Monument Expedition. "Meeker had undertaken the trip in order to promote the importance of the Oregon Trail in American history, place markers...
36. Ezra Meeker: His Mansion, Monuments, and Mission Ezra Meeker: His Mansion, Monuments, and Mission March//1973 Photos and biographical article about explorer and Ohio native Ezra Meeker (1830-1928) and his 1890 mansion in Puyallup, Washington, restored in 1973. Description of his life and career as an Oregon Trail...
37. Following Historic Trails Following Historic Trails January//1981 Article about the section of the Oregon Trail through western Nebraska and all of Wyoming, with description of methods of following historic trails in general, map, and photos.
38. Following the Oregon Trail Following the Oregon Trail //199? Special section on the history of the Oregon Trail, from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon. Published by the Kansas City Star with several photos, articles, and maps.
39. Fort Davy Crockett, Its Fur Men and Visitors Fort Davy Crockett, Its Fur Men and Visitors January 1952 Article about the history of Fort Davy Crockett, a fur trading post in northwest Colorado in the 1830s. Several fur traders, mountain men, and other visitors of the area of the fort are described from...
40. Fort St. Vrain Fort St. Vrain October 1952 Article about the history of Fort St. Vrain, a fur trading post established on the South Platte River in Colorado by "the Bent and St. Vrain Company" as "a supplement to their famous Bent's Fort on the...