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OCTA > 2020 Emigrant Trails Hall of Fame Selectees

Emigrant Trails Category: 2020 Emigrant Trails Hall of Fame Selectees

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Oregon-California Trails Association

23 hours ago

If you've ever been inside the Scotts Bluff National Monument visitor center, you've probably seen this bronze plaque memorializing the life of artist William Henry Jackson. The story behind the sculptor of this memorial is about as interesting as the story of the man whom his artwork is celebrating. Mahonri Young was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1877. A grandson of Mormon leader Brigham Young, Mahonri took up woodcarving at the age of 13. After studying his craft in New York and Paris, Young returned to Salt Lake City where he was commissioned to create the Seagull Monument to honor the seagulls that helped to ease the effects of a cricket infestation on Mormon crops. Other notable commissions included the "This is the Place" monument in Salt Lake City and a six-foot tall statue of a seated Brigham Young on display in the U.S. Capitol Building. More information about Mahonri Young can be found at the Weir Farm National Historical Park website: https://www.nps.gov/wefa/learn/historyculture/mahonriyoung.htm #ThrowbackThursday #MidwestNPS ... See MoreSee Less

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Oregon-California Trails Association

4 days ago

Just for fun - "on this day" trail history courtesy LEGO vignettes.On May 12, 1846, the Donner-Reed party got a late start out of Independence, Missouri, on their 2500 mile trek west on the California Trail. The group made a bad decision to follow the newly advertised Hastings Cutoff route, and by October ended up trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Four months of desperation, starvation, and cannibalism would make this ill fated trip a legend of American history. Today, the California National Historic Trail preserves the 5000 miles of different routes of the trail over 10 states. #FindYourPark #RecreateResponsibly ... See MoreSee Less

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Oregon-California Trails Association

6 days ago

OCTA E-News for Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/indepmo/e-news-for-monday-july-13657457 ... See MoreSee Less

OCTA E-News for Tuesday, May 10, 2022

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Please continue to turn in your volunteer hours, mileage, expenses paid by you and not reimbursed, time traveling to meetings (including the San Diego Symposium), research, etc. We are attempting to ...

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Oregon-California Trails Association

6 days ago

"The Tower of Babel, if its builders had been permitted to proceed in their ambitious undertaking would have been but a feeble imitation of these structures of nature." -Edwin BryantMany people who passed Dome Rock described it in different ways. Writer Edwin Bryant compared it to the Tower of Babel. How would you describe it? #TrailTuesday #FindYourPark #MidwestNPS Image- The west side of Dome Rock is illuminated by the setting sun. NPS/Eric Grunwald ... See MoreSee Less

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Oregon-California Trails Association

1 week ago

Voices of the Golden Ghost performed today at the California-Nevada Chapter symposium in Anderson, California. They bring the stories of African-Americans in the Gold Rush to life. ... See MoreSee Less

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Oregon-California Trails Association

1 week ago

The California-Nevada Chapter symposium continues this afternoon in Anderson, California with Josie Smith of the Tehama County Historical Society, who spoke on the wife and children of John Brown, who came to California in 1864. The Brown family found themselves out on the trail in the midst of Southerners, leading them to flee in the middle of the night. A new book recently published by the historical society covers this 1864 trip west. ... See MoreSee Less

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