The Oregon Trail (It Happened in)

The Oregon Trail (It Happened in)

by TriciaMartineauWagner (Author)

Synopsis

It Happened on the Oregon Trail includes twenty-nine unusual, remarkable, little known events that happened along the trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley. From Rufus K. Porter's brilliant plan to fly people to Oregon in hot air balloons, to the plight of a young girl who climbed Independence Rock to carve her name and was left behind by her wagon party, this book reveals the hidden stories about the trail.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Two Dot Books
Published: Oct 2004

ISBN 10: 0762725796
ISBN 13: 9780762725793

Author Bio
Tricia Martineau Wagner is an experienced elementary school teacher and a reading specialist. She was educated at Miami University and the University of Toledo, where she graduated with honors. She became intrigued with the westward migration of the pioneers when she flew over the Oregon Trail. She makes her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, Mark, and their children Kelsey and Mitchell.