Oregon-California Trails Association | Box 2.1.2.F38 Part 1 – Notes

Box 2.1.2.F38 Part 1 – Notes – Mormon Church Historical Department

Merrill J. Mattes Original Research·

“Cattle Missing, Fruitless search. This morning Col. B. overtook us and reported it was uncertain if Mrs. Wilson was dead or alive, but that she had not yet been found.” ~ William Woodward, September 4, 1856

75 Pages
Mattes’ typed and handwritten notes
Excerpts from the journals of Alma Helaman Hale, John Grover, Angelina Farley, Isabella Siddoway Armstrong, J.A. Browning, Lewis S. Hills, Henry J. Harrison, Olaf Holmgren, and William Grant

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.