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The Resource Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852, by Weldon Willis Rau ; as told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and augmented with accounts by other overland travelers
Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852, by Weldon Willis Rau ; as told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and augmented with accounts by other overland travelers
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The item Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852, by Weldon Willis Rau ; as told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and augmented with accounts by other overland travelers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Multnomah County Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- The 1852 overland migration was the largest on record, with numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California. It also was a year in which cholera took a terrible toll in lives. Included here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 244 pages
- Contents
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- Leaving home
- Across the wide Missouri
- Cholera
- Platte River Valley
- On to Fort Laramie
- Child's Cutoff
- Sweetwater Valley
- Sublette Cutoff
- Bear River to Fort Hall
- Along the Snake
- Blue Mountains
- At last The Dalles
- Final effort
- Pioneering
- Isbn
- 9780874222388
- Label
- Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852
- Title
- Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852
- Statement of responsibility
- by Weldon Willis Rau ; as told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and augmented with accounts by other overland travelers
- Subject
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- Boatman, Mary Ann -- Diaries
- Diaries
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Oregon National Historic Trail -- History
- Boatman, Willis -- Diaries
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
- Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The 1852 overland migration was the largest on record, with numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California. It also was a year in which cholera took a terrible toll in lives. Included here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rau, Weldon W
- Dewey number
- 917.804/2
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F597
- LC item number
- .R28 2001
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Boatman, Mary Ann
- Boatman, Willis
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Boatman, Mary Ann
- Boatman, Willis
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Frontier and pioneer life
- West (U.S.)
- West (U.S.)
- Pioneers
- West (U.S.)
- Label
- Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852, by Weldon Willis Rau ; as told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and augmented with accounts by other overland travelers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Leaving home -- Across the wide Missouri -- Cholera -- Platte River Valley -- On to Fort Laramie -- Child's Cutoff -- Sweetwater Valley -- Sublette Cutoff -- Bear River to Fort Hall -- Along the Snake -- Blue Mountains -- At last The Dalles -- Final effort -- Pioneering
- Control code
- ocm45610059
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9780874222388
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 00068658
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)45610059
- Label
- Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852, by Weldon Willis Rau ; as told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and augmented with accounts by other overland travelers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Leaving home -- Across the wide Missouri -- Cholera -- Platte River Valley -- On to Fort Laramie -- Child's Cutoff -- Sweetwater Valley -- Sublette Cutoff -- Bear River to Fort Hall -- Along the Snake -- Blue Mountains -- At last The Dalles -- Final effort -- Pioneering
- Control code
- ocm45610059
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9780874222388
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 00068658
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)45610059
Subject
- Boatman, Mary Ann -- Diaries
- Boatman, Willis -- Diaries
- Diaries
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
- Oregon National Historic Trail -- History
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860
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