Bøger af Ezra Meeker

This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1906 Edition.

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The Oregon Trail-what suggestion the name carries of the heroic toil of pioneers! Yet a few years' ago the route of the trail was only vaguely known. Then public interest was awakened by the report that one of the very men who had made the trip to Oregon in the old days was traversing the trail once more, moving with ox team and covered wagon from his home in the state of Washington, and marking the old route as he went. The man with the ox team was Ezra Meeker. He went on to the capital, where Mr. Roosevelt, then President, met him with joy.

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You may not know his name but you owe him your thanks. Why?Ezra Meeker twice traveled the old Oregon Trail by ox team. The first time was in 1852 from Indiana to Washington State with his bride and infant son. In this volume he details the hardships and joys of that difficult journey. He was part of a mass migration unlike anything the United States had seen before.Fifty-four years later, again by ox team and wagon, he took the Trail eastbound from his home in Washington to retrace the route. Raising money and monuments along the way, he sought to commemorate and keep alive the memory of the intrepid pioneers who risked life and limb for a new life. That trip is also detailed in this unique memoir.Meeker's monuments still stand in some of the places he placed them. The wagon-wheel ruts of the Oregon Trail still scar the landscape as well. His successful second trip to keep the spirit of the pioneers alive was a gift to posterity and for that, we owe him thanks.With much humor and fascinating details, Ezra Meeker's account of westward expansion is one of the treasures of western Americana.

He was an adventurer, laborer, surveyor, longshoreman, farmer, merchant, community leader, civic builder, richest man in the state, world traveler, miner and writer. He made and lost millions. He was the charming, witty, Ezra Meeker. He was one of hundreds of thousands who left behind all they knew and set out on the Oregon Trail. He came to Washington Territory and left a mark that to this day is felt in the region. Here is the story of those hardy pioneers with whom Meeker shared adventures, perils, and laughter while building a new state out of the rough frontier north of the Columbia River. Among others that he wrote, this book is one of the best pioneer narratives from any section of the country. Though he lived in Washington at a time of so-called "Indian troubles," to the end of his days he remained the friend of many Native Americans and had sympathy for what he felt was a raw deal they received from the government. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the westward expansion that changed the country forever.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1905 Edition.

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Sit in the passenger seat of Ezra Meeker's covered wagon as he braves mountains, fords rivers, and fends off Indians in pursuit of the West Coast. This true account of a man's 1852 trek across the plains with his wife and infant son offers an invaluable g

Title: Washington Territory west of the Cascade Mountains: containing a description of Puget Sound, and rivers emptying into it, the lower Columbia, Shoalwater Bay, Gray's Harbor, timber, lands, climate, fisheries, ship building, coal mines, market reports, trade, labor, population, wealth and resources.Author: Ezra MeekerPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02278800CollectionID: CTRG97-B2079PublicationDate: 18700101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "This book, published 50 years ago, the first of any issued from Washington, has become so rare that $25.00 has been paid for single copies. A facsimile of the original is herewith produced. Price $1.00 postpaid. The book, complete, is included as Chapter Six of "Washington's Seventy Years of Progress," 432 pages, on fine grade of heavy book paper, complete, bound in buckram, illustrated, $5.00 delivered."--Cover verso.Collation: 52 p.; 21 cm

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In 1852, Ezra Meeker, his wife, and baby traveled along the Oregon Trrail by ox-cart from Iowa to Oregon. In 1906, he reversed his steps and went back to Iowa. In 1915, he went by car, and, later, even flew over the trail in a plane. He spent most of his ninety-eight years promoting the Oregon trail and founded the Oregon Trail Association. In 1922, he published "Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail," an outstanding memoir of his many days along the trail.