The Oregon Trail: The Journey Across the Country from Lewis and Clark to the Transcontinental Railroad offers readers ages 9 to 12 a fascinating look at the explorers and settlers who traveled this route during the westward expansion of the ...
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
The Journey Across the Country From Lewis and Clark to the Transcontinental Railroad With 25 Projects Karen Bush Gibson. The Journey Across the Country from Lewis and Clark to the Transcontinental Railroad with 25 PROJECTS Karen Bush ...
Modeling Clay : Add food coloring ( to make a light yellow - brown ) to 1 ' / 4 cups ( 300 ml ) cold water . Mix well with 1 cup ( 240 ml ) cornstarch and 2 cups ( 480 ml ) baking soda in a saucepan . Cook over medium heat about 3 to 4 ...
Discusses The People And History Of The Oregon Trail.
Another Mormon ferry was located at the middle crossing of the Green River northeast of modern Kemmerer , Wyoming , in June 1847 and during the summer of 1848. The ferry is described as one boat attached to a rope with pulleys .
Parkman's account of his adventures during a journey to the Rocky Mountains in 1846 with his friend Quincy Adams Shaw
In an 1844 journal entry, pioneer Martha Ann Morrison makes this observation: The men had a great deal of anxiety and all the care of their families, but still the mothers had the families directly in their hands and were with them all ...
I am also indebted to Professor G. Blakemore Evans of the Department of English of Harvard University and to Professors Walter B. Rideout , Merton M. Sealts , Jr. , and Herbert F. Smith , all of the University of Wisconsin Department of ...
At once a majestic American journey, a significant work of history, and a personal saga reminiscent of bestsellers by Bill Bryson and Cheryl Strayed, the book tells the story of Buck's 2,000-mile expedition across the plains with tremendous ...
"Describes the journey on the Oregon Trail from three different historical perspectives"--Provided by publisher.
Bill and Jan Moeller meticulously traced and captured on film the remnants of the Oregon Trail-surprisingly intact in many places.
Winner of Purple Dragonfly Book Award Endorsed by OCTA, Oregon-California Trails Association Endorsed by The End of The Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City Who better to narrate the story of the Oregon Trail than the arrogant but ...
Discusses the history of the Oregon Trail, the reasons for its creation, its impact on the westward expansion of the country, and its decline after the construction of the railroad.
Traces the history of the Oregon Trail and describes the hardships faced by the settlers who followed it.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award “Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat ...
The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846.
Go west, young pioneer!
Traces the history of the Oregon Trail and describes the hardships faced by the settlers who followed it.
Buck's epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way--in a covered wagon with a team of mules, an audacious journey that hasn't been attempted in a century--tells the rich history of the trail, the people ...