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1) Journey to Zion: voices from the Mormon Trail

Author

Madsen, Carol Cornwall

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Commissioned for the pioneer sesquicentennial, here is a remarkable volume by Carol Cornwall Madsen that captures the spirit of the pioneer experience and spans the entire pioneer period, 1846-1869. It is a fine collection of documents selected from the writing and diaries of the pioneers who traveled the Mormon Trail. Readers are sure to gain a deeper understanding and greater appreciation for pioneer heritage and history.

2) Wagons west: the epic story of America's overland trails

Author

McLynn, Frank

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by midwestern farmers to Oregon and California in the years 1840-49. Seeking the promised land, these travelers trekked two thousand miles by covered wagon from Missouri to their destinations on the Pacific coast. Although they used mountain men as guides, they went almost literally into the unknown, braving dangers from hunger, thirst, disease, drowning, and Native Americans....

3) Lost treasures of the Old Spanish Trail

Author

Thompson, George A

Publisher

Western Epics

Pub. Date

1986

Language

English

4) Trail of hope: the story of the Mormon Trail

Author

Slaughter, William W

Publisher

Shadow Mountain

Pub. Date

c1997

Language

English

5) We'll find the place: the Mormon exodus, 1846-1848

Author

Bennett, Richard Edmond

Publisher

University Of Oklahoma Press

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

6) The California Trail : an epic with many heroes

Author

Stewart, George Rippey

Publisher

62-18977

Pub. Date

1962

Language

English

7) North to Montana: jehus, bullwhackers, and mule skinners on the Montana Trail

Author

Madsen, Betty M

Publisher

University of Utah Press

Pub. Date

c1980

Language

English

8) The Route of the Dominquez-Escalante Expedition, 1776-1777 : a report of trail research conducted under the auspices of the Dominguez-Escalante State/Federal Bicentennial committee

Author

Miller, David E., comp

Publisher

Photocopy

Pub. Date

1991

Language

English

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Outlaws, Explorers, and Pioneers

9) Overland West: the story of the Oregon and California trails

Author

Bagley, Will

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

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Will Bagley Historian

10) The Oregon Trail in American history

Author

Stefoff, Rebecca

Series

In American history

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

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Explores the great westward migration on the Oregon Trail in the nineteenth century and the experiences of those who traveled that way.

11) The Oregon Trail: an illustrated edition of Francis Parkman's western adventure

Author

Parkman, Francis

Publisher

Zenith Press

Pub. Date

[2016]

Edition

Illustrated edition.

Language

English

12) The Oregon Trail ; The conspiracy of Pontiac

Author

Parkman, Francis

Series

Library of America volume 53

Publisher

Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press

Pub. Date

c1991

Language

English

13) The gathering of Zion: the story of the Mormon Trail

Author

Stegner, Wallace Earle

Series

American trails

Publisher

McGraw-Hill

Pub. Date

1964.

Edition

1st ed.

Language

English

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Documented historical account of the Trail, westward--from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, during the early period of Mormon migrations, 1845-1869.

14) Historic sites and markers along the Mormon and other great Western trails

Author

Kimball, Stanley Buchholz

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Pub. Date

1988

Language

English

15) The great medicine road: narratives of the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails

Series

American trails volume 24

Publisher

The Arthur H. Clark Company, an imprint of the University of Oklahoma Press

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

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Will Bagley Historian

16) Pioneer trails West

Publisher

Caxton Printers

Pub. Date

1985

Language

English

17) Rescue on the Oregon Trail

Author

Messner, Kate

Series

Ranger in time volume 1

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2015

Edition

First edition.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail.