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2) Foods "in perspective" on the Oregon Trail

Author

Johnson, Mabel

Publisher

[M. Johnson]

Pub. Date

Language

English

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3) Pioneer days

Author

Hayden, Mary

Publisher

Ye Galleon Press

Pub. Date

1979

Language

English

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Formats

NB - Locally Owned, NW

4) Wagon train of '43: along the Oregon Trail

Author

Roberts, Mary Ray

Publisher

Exposition Press

Pub. Date

[1961]

Language

English

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5) The earliest travelers on the Oregon Trail

Author

Elliott, T. C

Publisher

Ye Galleon Press

Pub. Date

1975

Language

English

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6) The search for Snake River

Author

Wiley, Jesse

Series

Oregon Trail volume 3

Language

English

Formats

Description

You choose books. History
You Choose History

A family must survive the dangerous ford of the wild Snake River along the Oregon Trail, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.

7) The Oregon Trail: an interactive history adventure

Author

Doeden, Matt

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

"Describes the journey on the Oregon Trail from three different historical perspectives"--Provided by publisher.

8) Gold rush!

Author

Wiley, Jesse

Series

Oregon Trail volume 7

Language

English

Formats

Description

Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook

A pioneer heads west on the Oregon Trail in search of gold, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.

9) The Scarlet Thread

Author

Rivers, Francine

Language

English

Formats

Description

From the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece comes the powerful story of two women, centuries apart, who are joined through a tattered journal as they contend with God, husbands, and even themselves.
Sierra Madrid's life has just been turned upside down when she discovers the handcrafted quilt and journal of her ancestor Mary Kathryn McMurray, a young woman who was uprooted from her...

10) Historic sites along the Oregon Trail

Author

Haines, Aubrey L

Publisher

Patrice Press

Pub. Date

1994

Language

English

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11) Memoirs of an American gold seeker

Author

Brown, John Evans

Publisher

Ye Galleon Press

Pub. Date

[1985]

Language

English

12) Story of the lost trail to Oregon

Author

Meeker, Ezra

Publisher

Ye Galleon Press

Pub. Date

1984

Language

English

13) Answer creek: a novel

Author

Sweeney, Ashley E

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

"A gripping tale of adventure and survival based on the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party on their 2,200-mile trek on the Oregon-California Trail from 1846 to '47. Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she--along with eighty-one other members of the Donner Party--finds herself stranded at Truckee Lake on...

14) The Oregon Trail: a new American journey

Author

Buck, Rinker

Language

English

Appears on list

Book, Audiobook, eAudiobook, NW

Formats

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award

"Enchanting...A book filled with so much love...Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon." —The Wall Street Journal

"Amazing...A real nonfiction thriller." —Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books

"Absorbing...Winning...The...

15) Treasures in the trunk: quilts of the Oregon Trail

Author

Cross, Mary Bywater

Publisher

Rutledge Hill Press

Pub. Date

Language

English

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16) A history of the Oregon trail, Santa Fe Trail, and other trails

Author

Gregg, Jacob Ray

Publisher

Binfords & Mort

Pub. Date

Language

English

17) Westward hearts

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

Homeward on the Oregon Trail volume 1

Publisher

Harvest House Publishers

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

Kentucky, 1854. Elizabeth has mourned her husband's death for three years, but now she feels ready to fulfill the dream they had shared: to take their two children west. At Kansas City, they join a substantial wagon train. Elizabeth soon finds herself being drawn to the group's handsome guide, Eli Kincade.

18) Forever mine: love along the Oregon Trail

Author

Hupp, Theresa

Series

Oregon Chronicles volume 3

Publisher

Rickover Publishing

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Description

Yearning for love, fifteen-year-old Esther Pershing is stuck on a wagon train to Oregon. Her father leads the 1847 company, her mother is ailing, and her younger siblings need her care. Nineteen-year-old Daniel Abercrombie, the only suitable young man on the journey, catches her fancy. Though old enough to file a land claim in Oregon, Daniel is still a boy in his parents' eyes. Smitten by Esther's beauty and spirit, Daniel seeks her out. What chance...

19) Go west, young man: a novel of America

Author

Johnstone, J. A

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Missouri, 1860. Rumors of war between the North and South are spreading across the land. In rural Green County, many of the farmers are already choosing sides. But not John Zachary. His loyalties lie with his family first--and his heart is telling him to go west. Hoping to build a new life in the fertile valleys of Oregon, he convinces his best friend, Emmitt Braxton, to pack up their families and join him on a wagon train across the Oregon Trail....

20) Danger at the haunted gate

Author

Wiley, Jesse

Series

Oregon Trail volume 2

Language

English

Formats

Description