Oregon-California Trails Association | Mahan, Garland Jefferson – Diary, 1864, Missouri to Montana and 1866 return from Montana to Missouri

Mahan, Garland Jefferson – Diary, 1864, Missouri to Montana and 1866 return from Montana to Missouri

Merrill J. Mattes Collection·

39 typed pages

Trip to Montana by Oxen Train from Cole County Missouri – 1864

Return Trip from Montana to Missouri – 1866

The collection was begun in 1991 by the late Merrill J. Mattes, a co-founder of the Oregon-California Trails Association. That original nucleus was a result of a generous donation from Merrill and reflected his many years as an award-winning National Park Service historian and also included works of his own authorship. The collection is housed at the national Frontier Trails Museum in Independence, Missouri. Here, you have access to many of the original trail diaries he collected in digital form.