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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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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
