A 2,200 mile long trail stretching across terrain that changes periodically and weather that is most often less then pleasant, is nothing to be taken lightly. That's why the pioneers chose their equipment carefully and invested whatever meager earnings they could into insuring their travel gear was efficient. Oxen [...]
Dancing, reading God’s Word, playing music, and throwing frisbee were all wonderful past-time activities the pioneers enjoyed during the age of Manifest destiny. But those weren’t the only activities the pioneers took part in. Music and dancing can get boring after doing it so many times, so they needed [...]
One of the games many a child on the Oregon Trail participated in was the old classic Frisbee. But they didn’t have your normal ole cheapo plastic Frisbee you can buy at the local Dollar-Tree. They had buffalo chips...
Sewing, mending, and making clothes were the only form of “buying a new outfit” the pioneers knew. When something ripped, it was not classified as useless and thrown away, instead it was kept,
A Westward Journey In a land you may know, but still long ago, When paths were marked by trees, There set out a brave few who only knew Of an opportunity they wished to seize. From the lands they were in, and from lingering kin, They felt it was time to depart. So when ripe turned [...]
What can be said about such a time in history when there was so much to explore and so much ripe opportunity? A lot actually! I want people to have the right picture in their heads when they hear about the Oregon trail. I hope this will help put [...]
Oregon (Doctor Marcus Whitman) By: Larry Wilson [...]
OREGON CITY April 6, 1848. To Stephen Prentiss, Esq., and Mrs. Prentiss, the Father and Mother of the late Mrs. Whitman of the Oregon Mission My Dear Father and Mother in Christ: Through the wonderful interposition of God in delivering me from the hand of the murderer, it has become my painful duty [...]
August 23-1847 My Dear Parents:-I see I cannot finish my letter without interruptions, and long ones, too. Another resolution of the meeting was that husband see to getting houses built for the mothers of the mission families, so that they could spend the winter here for the sake of having [...]
WAIILATPU, OREGON TERRITORY. July 4th, 1847. My Dear Mother: It was not convenient for me to write to any of my friends in the States, the past spring by the returning of immigrants except sister Jane. To her I wrote briefly, in answer to the one received in March by the hand [...]
