Oregon-California Trails Association | Box 2.1.2.F38 Part 2 – Notes

Box 2.1.2.F38 Part 2 – Notes – Mormon Church Historical Department

Merrill J. Mattes Original Research·

“At the ford. Raining and rising fast. Water to our wagon boxes. Got over just before it became impassible.” ~ Warren Foote, August 18, 1850

Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
Excerpts taken from the journals of Samuel Kendall Gifford, Charles Allred Harper, Joseph Harker, Warren Foote, Mosiah L. Hancock, Henry Hobb, William Bryan Pace, William Adams, and Reuben Miller.
90 Pages

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.