Illustrations from THE ROAD TO OREGON: A Chronicle of the Great Emigrant Trail by W. J. Ghent, 1929 |
"Emigrant Train in the Rocky Mountains From a rare print of an engraving by F. F. Palmer (1866)" |
"Methodist Mission at the Dallas Drawn by Major Osborne Cross (1849)" |
"Whitman's Mission at Waiilatpu in 1843 From Myron Eells' 'Marcus Whitman, Pathfinder and Patriot" (1909)" |
"Fort Laramie in 1842 From Fremont's Report" |
Emigrant Train Crossing Nebraska From Henry Howe's 'Historical Collections the Great West' (1859)" |
"Independence Rock Drawn by Major Osborne Cross (1849)" |
"Descent After Leaving the Blue Mountains Drawn by Major Osborne Cross (1849)" |
"Fort Sutter From Joseph W. Revere's 'A Tour of Duty in California' (1849)" |
"Tracks of the Trail in Western Wyoming From Grace Raymond Hebard's 'The Pathbreakers from River to Ocean' " |
"Fort Walla Walla From Myron Eells' 'Marcus Whitman' (1903)" |
"The Corrall From T. S. Kenderdine's 'A California Tramp' (1888)" |
An Overloaded Concord Coach From an old photograph |
"Fort Boise Drawn by Major Osborne Cross (1849)" |
"Troops Guarding the Overland Mail from a photograph of an old drawing published in 'The Overland Stage' " |
Ghosts of the past.....the tracks of the Oregon Trail, if they could speak, what stories they would tell. |