Ox-team days on the Oregon trail
By: by Ezra Meeker ; in collaboration with Howard R. Driggs
Series: Pioneer life series; Harvard reading textbooks preservation microfilm project -- 03480
Publisher: World Book Company
Published: 1925
Place of publication: Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; Description and travel
Other titles: Oregon trail
Description: Ezra Meeker was born in Ohio in 1830. In 1852, with his wife and son, he journeyed in a covered wagon along the Oregon Trail to acquire a land claim in Washington state. He described the events on the trip and pioneer life in Washington. In 1906, Meeker, traveled by wagon train from Washington state to Washington D.C., to publicize the Oregon Trail. He arrived in November 1907. Meeker made other trips and met many people to publicize the trail. At age 94, he flew as a passenger in a mail airplane.