Oregon Trail.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Ada B. Philips reminiscences
Story of the overland journey of the Philips family from Kansas to Washington in 1883.
Boise Public Schools study guide, The Oregon Trail
Collection consists of a 35 page study guide about the Oregon Trail for grade five students. Prepared for Boise Public Schools.
Bonneville Point re-dedication program
Collection consists of a program (4 copies), text of remarks prepared by State Historian Larry Jones (3 leaves), and list of slides taken by Larry Jones at the rededication of Bonneville Point, east of Boise, Idaho, on 24 May 2000.
Edward Evans Parrish journal
A record of an Oregon Trail journey from Morgan County, Ohio to Jefferson County, Oregon (1843‐1844), rewritten & edited by author in 1867. Entries on Idaho begin on October 1, 1844. Includes original and photocopy.
Ezra Meeker speech
Speech delivered by Meeker on the site of Fort Hall, Bannock County, Idaho.
Hamilton Scott reminiscences
Typescript of the 1862 journey from Iowa to Oregon, taken from the diary of Scott. Includes an account of the Massacre Rocks Massacre; notes by Alvin Zaring, a traveler in the same wagon trail, and information on Ezra Zaring, his son.
James Oliverson diaries
Two small notebooks. The first, "A Journal From the River Platt to California Keep by James Oliverson," covers one month of a wagon trip, but gives no year. The second notebook, "Diary of James Oliverson," covers the period 1880-1882. Collection includes the originals, transcripts, and photocopies.
Joseph McClurg Lyon reminiscences
Account of an 1889 journey of the Lyon family from Missouri to Oregon, and back to Idaho.
Oregon Trail Memorial Association collection
This collection contains information regarding the Wagon Centennial Celebration. It consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, news articles and bills relating to the association and markers erected along the Oregon Trail.
Transcript of Sarah Hall Pulliam diary
Includes autobiographical and genealogical information on Mrs. Pulliam and her family in Kansas and an account of the journey by wagon from there to Washington State in 1889.
William Armistead Goulder manuscript
Recollections of a journey along the Oregon Trail with an emigrant train to Oregon in 1845. Accompanied by a typed transcription.
William J. Proesch diary
A diary kept by Proesch detailing his trip from Wright County, Minnesota, to Boise, Idaho. Also included are a series of postcards of Emmett, Idaho, and miscellaneous items.