The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman

The Oregon TrailFrancis Parkman · 1849A summer among the Sioux and the emigrant trains of 1846. Read The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman page by page and explore its network of 564 people, places…Last spring, 1846, was a busy season in the City of St. Louis. Not only were emigrants from every part of the country preparing for the journey to Oregon and California, but an unusual number of traders were making ready their wagons and outfits for Santa Fe. Many of the emigrants, especially of those bound for California, were persons of wealth and standing. The hotels were crowded, and the gunsmiths and saddlers were kept constantly at work in providing arms and equipments for the different parties of travelers. Almost every day steamboats were leaving the levee and passing up the…All books in the ECCE gallery