Review: Great History
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
I have studied the Oregon Trail for decades and have visited several sites that are still in existence.  I knew of Ezra Meeker and have seen a photo or two of him from the past.  Meeker not only was one of the many that traveled on the Trail in the 1850,s but later reinacted the journey by covered wagon and oxen years later as a way of promoting the preservation of the Trail for the betterment of the country.  He would live to see that in many places he visited across the country, that citizens made a successful effort in remembering the days of the old west and in particular the greatest migration from the east to west in America's short history.  I am still amazed at the stamina and courage it took these pioneers to plod day after day in face of danger and grief to reach their dream in Oregon.