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Title
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Sailor on Horseback: Selim Woodworth Crosses the Plains, 1846
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Description
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Article contains a series of three reprints published in 1846 and 1847 in the New York "Home Journal" newspaper. They contain a series of letters written by Selim E. Woodworth, son of poet and playwright Samuel Woodworth, as he was traveling west on the trail while in the Navy. One of the letters is written from Oregon Camp, Kansasfords (he had left Independence, Missouri a week previous) and another from the banks of the Platte River. Contains a sketch of Woodworth.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Trailing Alfred Jacob Miller in the West
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Description
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Author Candy Moulton retraces the journey made by artist Alfred J. Miller from Independence, Missouri, to Daniel, Wyoming, 200 years after his birth. Miller accompanied Scotsman Captain William Drummond Stewart on his journey to a fur traders' rendezvous "that would occur on the Green River in what would become western Wyoming." Stewart wanted Miller to record the scenes along their way. They left Wayne City Landing, also called Independence Landing, the spring of 1837. Article notes that Miller's works will be exhibited at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from September 25, 2010, through January 9, 2011. Includes a map of the Miller and Stewart journey as well as a list of museums that hold Miller's works.
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Date
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2010-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Importance of Travel Routes of Missouri
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Description
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Thesis toward a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame about the overland trails and roads in the history of Missouri and their "significance in the history of the nation, especially the history of the Great West."
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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Oregon California Trail Places of Origin
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Description
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Chapter mentions the various "jumping off" spots for trail emigrants, especially the Oregon/California Trail. It includes areas as Independence, Westport, Westport Landing, Saint Joseph, Council Bluffs, Omaha, etc., and explains the crucial role of these areas in the trail experience. Also includes a map entitled "Missouri River Frontier" that shows from what is now the Kansas City area up to Omaha. The book has an extensive multiple page bibliography on the subject.
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Date
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1979
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Westward Across the "Great Lone Land"
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Description
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Overland wagon trains began in Missouri River towns such as Independence, Westport, Weston and St. Joseph. The author recounts experiences from letters, journals, and diaries of the emigrants who made the journey.
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Date
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2010
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Mormon Trail - Forging a Road West
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Description
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Brief article detailing the history of the early wagon trains that traveled the Mormon Trail and some of the landmarks along the way. The first to travel this trail on recommendation by Lansford Hastings, were the families of George and Jacob Donner and James Reed.
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Date
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2010
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Rocking Coach Adventures: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Butterfield Overland Trail
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Description
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Map of the stage route, photos, list of events and trail adventures accompany this article about the Butterfield Overland Trail. John Butterfield Sr. of the John Butterfield Company "was awarded the winning bid for six years," for an overland mail route to service the West. The route began in Tipton, Misssouri, and went through Fort Smith, Arkansas, across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern California up to San Francisco. The first trip left September 16, 1858. "The Butterfield Trail was the longest stage ride in the world undertaken by one company."
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Date
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2008-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
