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OCTAs On-Line Bookstore OCTA has one of the most comprehensive bookstores for trail literature about all the Trails West, including Emigrant Diaries, Women's Experiences, Mountain Men, and Indian Affairs. OCTA members get a 10% discount off all book orders.
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IntroducingA Guide to Overland Emigrant Names and Documents; Paper Trail is the website database created by the Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) from thousands of trail-related documents of the 19th century. ... Whether people traveled west for gold, land, religious freedom or new opportunity, they wrote diaries,
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www.oregonpioneers.com/diaries.htm
www.oregonpioneers.com/diaries.htm
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Emigrant diaries are written eyewitness accounts and as such are the most reliable evidence available. Of course, some diary descriptions are very difficult to decipher. However, trail researchers try to get into the mind of the diarist to see the world as he or she perceived it.
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www.emigranttrailswest.org/truckee.htm
www.emigranttrailswest.org/truckee.htm
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393 quotations from 142 emigrant diaries and journals spanning the period from 1841 to 1863. Of these 142 diaries and journals, 87 were published while 55 not. ... Part of the Commentary on Indian-Emigrant Relations along the Humboldt...
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www.emigranttrailswest.org/calguide.htm
www.emigranttrailswest.org/calguide.htm
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lourneys to the Land of Gold: Emigrant Diaries from the Bozeman Trail, 1863-1866. Two vol-umes. Edited by Susan Badger Doyle. Fore-word by Charles E. Rankin. Afterword by; Elliott West. Helena: Montana Historical So-ciety;
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digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045...
digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=greatplainsquarterly
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Historic Oregon City ... Enjoy presentations by live History Interpreters in period attire. Bound for Oregon is a multimedia experience the whole family can enjoy, ... The Interpretive Center's cedar carving demonstration featuring Walt Garvin is an intriguing hands-on activity for the whole family to experience.
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www.endoftheoregontrail.org/biomenu.html
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Journeys to the Land of Gold: Emigrant Diaries from the Bozeman Trail, 1863-1866 by ; Binding: Hardcover, 858 pages ; Publisher: Montana Historical Society Press; List Price: USD $95.00; Weight: 545 ;
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www.addall.com/detail/0917298489.html
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The Bridger Trail : a viable alternative route to the gold fields of Montana Territory in 1864 ; with excerpts from emigrant diaries, letters, and comparative material from Oregon and Bozeman Trail diaries...
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www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainfr...
www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=830422&disp=The+Bridger+Trail
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List of Maps and Illustrations ... Charles E. Rankin ... Cover Art for Journeys to the Land of Gold: Emigrant Diaries from the Bozeman Trail, 1863-1866...
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www.ecampus.com/book/0917298489
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