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Wagon trains

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Medorem Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 129
Abstract

Medorem Crawford helped lead emigrants overland to the Pacific Northwest in the early 1860s. From 1864 to 1869 he was Oregon collector of internal revenue, and from 1871 to 1875 he served as appraiser of customs. The collection is comprised of diaries, correspondence and account books. Some of the diaries describe overland journeys. The major part of the collection are the diaries for 1859-1861, 1863, 1864, 1869-1871, 1876-1877, 1885-1886.

Dates: 1842-1891

Esther and Joseph Lyman letters about 1853 lost wagon train

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 228] 1: [Barcode: i22983491]
Identifier: SFM 228
Abstract

Collections consists of copies of letters written by Esther and Joseph Lyman about their 1853 journey on the Oregon Trail.

Dates: after 1853