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Letters, notes, and reminiscences of the Oregon Trail. Included are first hand accounts of traveling the trail, routes taken, and the hardships endured. The Oregon Trail was primarily used from 1840 through 1860 for pioneers heading west looking for new places to settle.
Date: Between 1900 and 1940
Item Number: 222203
Call Number: History, Trails Coll. #648, Folder: Oregon Trail
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 222203
Collections - Manuscript - History - Trails
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Epidemics
Date - 1840s
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1861-1869
Environment - Landscape - Mountains
Environment - Weather - Storms
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Home and Family - Families
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Manuscript
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Reminiscence
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Oregon-California Trail
Transportation - Non-motorized - Covered wagons
Transportation - Non-motorized - Riding animals
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Transportation - Trails - Oregon-California
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Reminiscences and Memoirs
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