Oregon
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Edward Evans Parrish (1791-1874), Oregon Trail Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0093
Overview
Typescript copy of the diary of Reverend Edward Evans Parrish, a native of Monongalia County, West Virginia, written during a journey to the Oregon territory from 1843 to 1845. The diary begins in October 1843 when Parrish and his group left Hoskinsville, Morgan County, Ohio, and ends in July 1845. Diary is twenty-seven pages and chiefly consists of brief entries. Parrish primarily describes their route west along the Oregon Trail, including the rivers they crossed and other geographical...
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