Letters and Journals from the Oregon Trail
2024年7月1日 · These letters were circulated among friends and widely published in eastern newspapers. A flood of American, men, women, and children soon headed west following the …
The Oregon Trail and Pioneer History – Oregon Digital Newspaper …
2015年5月27日 · These newspaper articles and photographs can be utilized for firsthand accounts of the pioneers’ experiences on the Oregon Trail, or during pioneer life in Oregon …
Samuel M. Stout's Journal from the Oregon Trail
2020年4月15日 · Each year, thousands of pioneers braved the Oregon Trail, which ran from Independence, Missouri to either Oregon or further west to California. Journals written during …
Primary Source Spotlight: Oregon Trail
2015年8月10日 · The Oregon Trail was a route used by people who traveled to Oregon Country, which is what Oregon was called before it became a state in 1859. The Oregon Trail was the …
Historic Oregon Newspapers
On this site you can search and access complete content for historic Oregon newspapers that have been digitized as part of the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP). This full-text …
Papertrail - A Guide to Overland Pioneer Names & Documents
Pioneers went to Oregon, California, Utah and Montana for land or for gold and they wrote of their experiences in diaries, letters, remembrances and newspaper articles. As the covered wagons …
Genealogy & Paper Trail - OCTA
The Oregon-California Trails Association, known as OCTA, is the guardian and promoter of the exciting story of the 19th Century westward American migration. Begin your Genealogy and …
Snake River Massacre Account by One of the Survivors
The attack and its aftermath are described in detail in the accompanying newspaper article. Eleven emigrants were killed during the first two days, after which the survivors abandoned …
The Legacy of the Oregon Trail - The Atlantic
2016年6月1日 · In the May 1910 issue of The Atlantic, Charles M. Harvey described a thrilling scene from 173 years ago today: A rifle-reveille from the sentinels at four o’clock in the …
The Oregonian Archives
The Oregonian Newspaper archive contains articles from 1850 to the present. Browse our Help page for useful information. This online archive is for access and use only by individuals for …