LOC/E-F/E5. Pioneers
Record Group Term
Identifier: LOC/E-F/E5
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William T. Newby papers
Collection
Identifier: A 088
Abstract
The William T. Newby Papers contain a variety of information about Newby's overland crossing from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trial in 1843. Newby was a member of the wagon train made famous by Jesse Applegate. The collection provides weather observations, account summaries, and personal experiences of living in and journeying to Oregon from 1843-1864.
Dates:
1843-1864
Journal of a trip across the plains from Missouri to Oregon and of a land trip to California, March 31 to October 28, 1853, November 1853
Collection
Identifier: A 093
Abstract
Benjamin Franklin Owen (1828-1917) was a pioneer on the overland trail to Oregon. The collection consists of Owen's journal, My Trip Across the Plains, March 31, 1853-October 28, 1853.
Dates:
1853
