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Title
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The Gold Rush and the Road to Oregon
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Description
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Book with numerous photos, illustrations, and maps regarding the Oregon and California Trails and the Missourians perishing on them in the 1800s.
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Date
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1963
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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America's National Historic Trails
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Description
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Chapter of the book about the Oregon National Historic Trail, following the historic original Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri, to Portland, Oregon, "from 1840 to 1870" and passing through the Kansas City area as the major embarkation point, with photos and map.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Tracing the Santa Fe Trail
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Description
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This book on the Santa Fe Trail provides full-color images and "historical commentary to create a photographic journey that adroitly blends past and present." The chapters include Missouri Landings and Takeoffs, Kansas Crossings, Arkansas River Run, Cimarron Route into Mexico, Mountain Route in Colorado, New Mexico Crossroads to Santa Fe, and Santa Fe and Beyond.
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Date
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2011
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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To the Rockies and Oregon, 1839-1842
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Description
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Reproduction of a painting by William H. Jackson of an "assembly and departure, in 1841, for the Oregon Trail journey" at Westport, showing wagon trains, steamboat, and tent encampments.
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Date
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1955
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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A President, a Church, and Trails West - Competing Histories in Independence, Missouri
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Description
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Continuation of title, "Competing Histories in Independence, Missouri." The author Jon E. Taylor, former historian for the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in Independence, Missouri, examines how three nationally significant histories - President Truman, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now called the Community of Christ), and the trails (Oregon, Santa Fe, and California) - interact and compete for space and funds as the city of Independence struggles to balance these interests to preserve its history and the built environment. Includes maps, a chronology (xv-xvii), pictures, bibliography, and index.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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History of Johnson County, Kansas
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Description
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Recollections of Santa Fe Trail freighter, or "bullwhacker", William M. Johnson. Johnson describes the routes of several overland trails, and provides a detailed description of the typical freight wagon used on these journeys.
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Date
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1915
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Object Type
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Book
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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
