Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Oregon Trail / Trail In / California Trail / /
Holiday
4th of July / /
IndustryTerm
brother-in-law / /
NaturalFeature
Goose Creek / Snake / Walla Amett valley / Raft River / Platte / Columbia River / Cascade Mountains / Black Rock Desert / Smith River / Nevada desert / Snake River / Humboldt River / Bishop Creek / Thousand Springs Valley / Osage River Valley / /
OperatingSystem
Fork / /
Organization
Pringle/Brown party / Chronicler Virgil Pringle’s party / James Smith party / Applegate party / Reed’s Donner party / Jesse Applegate’s party / Pringle party / Harrison Linville’s party / Donner party / Missouri legislature / South Road / Stanley party / /
Person
Joel Palmer / Joseph Burke / Henry Boygus / Dale Morgan / Jesse Applegate / Margaret / Absalom Smith / Virgil Pringle / Stephen Meek / J. B. Riggs / Medders Vanderpool / Black Harris / William Parker / James Reed / Charles / John Owens / William J. Scott / Lindsay Applegate / Peter Burnett / John M. Wilson / Levi Scott / Harrison Linville / John McBride / James Clyman / David Goff / Sam Barlow / James Nesmith / John Scott / Lindsay / Pegleg Smith / accompanying Jesse Applegate on August 11 / /
Position
Captain / professional land surveyor / exploring party leader / Botanist / mind head / head / historian / Governor / Bishop / trader / member / leader / /
ProvinceOrState
Nevada / Oregon / Missouri / St. Clair County / California / /
Chapter Nine California Trail In researching the trail I was often reminded of how truly small the young world of the western United States actually was back in the mid-1800s – not in the size of these vast wide-open