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Title
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Overland from Missouri to Washington Territory in 1854
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Description
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Article recounts the journey of the Jacob Ebey family of Plum Grove Place, Adair County, Missouri, to Whidbey Island, Washington Territory, in 1854 (based on the diary Winfield Scott Ebey kept during the trip). The party included fourteen: Jacob Ebey, his wife Sarah Ebey, his grown children Winfield Scott Ebey, Ruth Ebey, and Mary Wright and her two children, and friends Jack Lesley (with family), George Beam, and James J. Wood. Leaving April 27, they traveled on the Mormon Trace to Council Bluffs, then on the Mormon Trail. Includes discussion of the customs of such overland journies (organizing companies, methods of security, burial, daily routines, etc.). Includes a map of the route.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
