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Title
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Salt Desert Was Dreadful Challenge to John Bidwell in Pioneer Trek West
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Description
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File containing an article with map, illustration, and description of the 1841 journey of John Bidwell from Westport to California, "the first emigrant train to the Far West." Caravan made up of 64 emigrants leaving from "Sapling Grove, south of old Westport" and traveling along part of the Oregon Trail, led by John Bidwell ("the valued employee of John Sutter") and Captain John Bartleson with guides Thomas Fitzpatrick and Father Pierre DeSmet.
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Date
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1954-08-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Wagons West: The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails
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Description
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This book gives a detailed description of the major wagon trains that went West in the 1840s. Included are the John Bidwell trip to California, the early Oregon Trail pioneers including the Whitmans, the doomed Donner Party trapped on the California trail, the Mormon trek to the Great Salt Lake, and others. Includes descriptions of their everyday life and experiences on the trail, relations with Indians, disease, condition of the trails, women's trail experiences, the mountain men who lead them, etc.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Book
