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OUR TRIP OVER THE OREGON TRAIL
1897
By Walter Croffard Weaver 1949
Edited and annotated by Lyndelle McCoy 1997
CONTENTS
Cast of Characters
The Boys and Girls on the Sweetwater River
Chapter One
15 March 1897, Sunrise 0640 hours
Winter 1879 and Winter 1880
Christmas Memories 1883-1885
15 March 1897, Sunset 1838 hours
16 March 1897, Sunrise 0639 hours
16 March 1897, Sunset 1839 hours
17 March 1897, Sunrise 0638 hours
18 March 1897, Sunrise 0636 hours
20 March 1897
Roada Townsend is born
Chapter Two
My First Solo
Woodward, I.T.
Leaving Woodward, I.T.
Liberal, Kansas
The Families Catch Up
Chapter Three
Lamar, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Scotching the Colorado Rockies
Laramie, Wyoming
Medicine Bow Range
Fell out with Williams
Chapter Four
My Second Solo
Rawlins, Wyoming - North or South?
Wagon Wheel Gap
Families Catch Up Again
Williams pulled out
Mr. Vineyard and Mrs. Young had been married
Chapter Five
A Rocky Mountain Hunt
Mountain Fever on the Sweetwater
Townsend and Bullard Families Pull Out
Chapter Six
Vineyard and Weaver Families leave Sweetwater
Annual Sheep Move
Green River, Wyoming
The Continental Divide
Soda Springs, Idaho
Down the Mountain and Nearly Out of Food
The Dutchman
The Feast
Chapter Seven
Hams Fork 3 July 1897
Pocatello, Idaho - Blackfoot Reservation
High Plain Between Western Rockies and Cascade Range
The Love Bug Bites
The Wedding -24 July 1897
Albion, Idaho, 25 JULY 1897
Honeymoon in Basin, Idaho
Chapter Eight
The Jackrabbit Drive
First Home
First Farm
New House and Barn - Fall 1897
Heavy Winter Snow
Late Summer 1898
15 April 1899 - heading for the coast
Mr. W Stays Behind
1 June 1899, Ashland, Oregon
27 June 1899 Williams Creek, Oregon - first job, first daughter
Second Job
First Enterprise
Plans Laid for Next Leg of Journey
Coos Bay, Oregon 1899
First Grocery Order
Mr. D leaves for Texas
Chapter Nine
Diary Entries
Bullard
Genealogy
Cannon
Genealogy
Vineyard
Genealogy
Illustrations
Partial 1898 Map of Indian Territory
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