The Oregon Trail diary of James Akin, Jr. in 1852
Subtitle: the unabridged diary with introduction and contemporary comments
By: by Bert Webber.
Contributors: Webber, Bert.
Publisher: Webb Research Group
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Medford, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Akin, James -- Diaries.; Aiken family.; Ritchie family.; Ingram family.; Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries.; Oregon National Historic Trail.; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860.
Genres: Diaries.
Description: There were two families Richey, as well as an Akin and an Ingram, who had been neighbors and friends for years. The families intermarried. A fourth family appears when Alice Booth married a Richey in 1843 in Henry Co., Iowa. In 1852 the families decided to move to Oregon in wagons on the emigrant trail. This is a diary recorded by 19-year- old James Akin, Jr., the eldest of the children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 99) and index.
"Includes genealogies for Akin, Booth, Ingram, and Richey families by Anne Billeter."