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Journey West From St. Joseph Symposium

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3 days ago

The Southern Trails Chapter of OCTA closed out its Tombstone Gathering with a celebration of the addition of the Butterfield Overland to the National Historic Trails System earlier this month when President Biden signed the bill into law. ... See MoreSee Less

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OCTA E-News for Friday, January 27, 2023 - ... See MoreSee Less

OCTA E-News for Friday, January 27, 2023

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2023 OCTA Spring Symposium Journey West from St. Joseph Symposium March 30 - April 2, 2023 St. Joseph, Missouri

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It is Friday with the Donner/Reed party.Friday With The Donners, January 27th.Relief Preparations-In California, preparations for relief began, as related by George Tucker, who was 16 at the time. In 1879 he wrote to C.F. McGlashan:“Captain Sutter and Alcalda St Clair who lived on what is now Called Norrises Ranch 2 1/2 miles from Sutter’s fort on the American River--and one of the wealthiest men in the Country, furnished Some provisions Such as flour Sugar Coffe and five or Six men that was living in the Settlement Volenterrd to go with the Suplies”Forlorn Hope Group-Those left in the Forlorn Hope group are William Eddy, Sarah Fosdick, Sarah Foster, William Foster, Mary Ann Graves, Amanda McClutchen, and Harriet Pike. These final seven survived the trail to California.Lake Cabin Group-At the Lake Cabin, 60 original party members remain, 15 Donners, 5 Murphys, 5 Reeds, 1 Foster, 8 Breens, 2 Pikes, 3 Kesebergs, 8 Graves, 3 Eddys, 2 McClutchens, 1 Wolfinger, and 7 teamsters. The following diary entries were made by Patrick Breen (https://www.donnerpartydiary.com/jan47.html);January 22, 1847“began to snow alitle after sunrise-likely to snow a good dale wind W came up very suddenly, now 10 Oclock”January 23, 1847“Blew hard & Snow, all night the most severe storm we experienced this winter wind W Sun now 12 Oclock peeps out”January 24, 1847“Some cloudy this morning ceased snowing yesterday about 2 Oclock, Wind about S.E all in good health thanks be to God for his Mercies endureth for ever, heard nothing from Murphys camp since the storm Expet to hear they suffered some”January 25, 1847“began to snow yesterday evening & Still continues”January 26, 1847“Cleared up yesterday today fine & pleasant, wind S. in hopes we are done with snow storms, those that went to Suitors not yet returned provisions getting very scant people getting weak liveing on short allowance of hides”Janaury 27, 1847“began to Snow yesterday & still continues to sleet thawing alittle. Keysber here this morning Lewis Suitor, he says died three days ago.”Lewis Suitor appears to be a slip of the pen reference to Sutter’s Indian Lewis, but was meant to be the infant Lewis Keseburg, Jr., who had been born on the trail. This baby was presumably given his father’s full name, but he is always referred to as "Louis (or Lewis), Jr.". On June 3, 1846, diarist Edwin Bryant reported:“A wagon belonging to a German emigrant named Keyesburgh, whose wife carried in her arms a small child, and was in a delicate condition [i.e., pregnant], was upset, and the woman and child precipitated in to a pool of water... the woman and child escaped without material injury.”Lewis, Jr. would have been one of six nursing infants of the Donner Party. He died in the Murphy Cabin on January 24, only 7 months old.“Keysburg sick & Lanthrom(Landrum Murphy, 15) lying in bed the whole of his time dont have fire enough to Cook their hides, Bill (William Murphy, 11) & Si. Murphy(Simon, 12) sick.”Photo- Alder Creek Memorial Marker- Complete list of the members of the Donner Party who occupied the various cabins and tents, including Overland Tail infant, Lewis Keseburg. Marker is in Truckee, CA, in Nevada County. It is located on the Nature Trail, about 100 yards south of the museum building at the Donner Memorial State Park. ... See MoreSee Less

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Who remembers Walt Disney and the Oregon Trail? ... See MoreSee Less

Walt Disney's "Along the Oregon Trail" Season 3 Ep 10

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From Season 3 of Walt Disney's Disneyland Anthology program we have Episode 10: Along the Oregon Trail which aired on November 14th, 1956. Walt begins the s...

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Today is the final day of the Southern Trails Chapter Gathering in Tombstone, Arizona. Dan Judkins is now speaking about Antoine Leroux. Talks and tours have covered American Indian presence, the fur trade, the Mormon Battalion, 49ers, the Butterfield Overland, and so much more. For those who couldn't make it to Tombstone, these videos will be added to our YouTube Cheney. Go to www.youtube.com and enter @octatrails to subscribe. ... See MoreSee Less

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Do any of you remember this sign from a past visit to Scotts Bluff National Monument?Do you enjoy reading exhibits when you visit parks? Over the years many different signs with information about Scotts Bluff National Monument have been erected. Some have been removed as new information and better research exposed them as erroneous. Others, like this sign about Mitchell Pass, were removed due to safety concerns. In 1967 a concrete pull-off on the highway through Mitchell Pass (designated at Nebraska Highway 92 at the time) was obliterated to eradicate the visual intrusion it presented to the historic scene. Do you remember this sign from a past visit to the monument? #ThrowbackThursday #MidwestNPS Image- The Mitchell Pass sign was located along the road now known as "Old Oregon Trail". NPS Photo. ... See MoreSee Less

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January 24, 1848: James Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill ... See MoreSee Less

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Day 2 of the Tombstone Trail Gathering of our Southern Trails Chapter begins with a tour of the trail along the border with Sonora. ... See MoreSee Less

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6 days ago

The Southern Chapter of OCTA Trail Gathering in Tombstone, AZ is underway this morning! Award-winning author Doug Hocking is leading off with an overview of the Trails of Cochise County. ... See MoreSee Less

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7 days ago

Here is some beautiful trail scenery for your Monday morning."(Scott's Bluff) consist of a widely extended grassy plain, along which, for more than twenty miles, courses a range of isolated or detached cliffs, of nearly equal hight (sic) ... in their vast proportions, some round, others square, and lifting their tops four or five hundred feet upward, and crowned with dome, a spire, of towns and castles of every conceivable form, and imparting to the landscape a sense of sublimity and magnificence worthy their Builder." - The National Wagon Road Guide, W. Wadsworth, 1858Photo by: Jestina Bortner ... See MoreSee Less

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