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Wagons to the Willamette: Captain Levi Scott and the Southern Route to Oregon, 1844 1847

Wagons to the Willamette: Captain Levi Scott and the Southern Route to Oregon, 1844 1847

Scott, Levi
Collins, James Layton
Hazelett, Stafford J.

Paperback

Adventurers & Explorers19th Century United States HistoryRegional: Pacific Northwest

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 0874223334
ISBN13: 9780874223330
Publisher: Washington St Univ Pr
Published: Oct 20 2015
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

After the death of his beloved wife, a devastated Levi Scott and his youngest surviving son left Iowa for Oregon. Their overland journey--rife with quarrels, stolen horses, arduous river fords, con artists, and death--ended when he and John finally arrived in Oregon City in November 1844.

In the early 1840s, emigrants who reached The Dalles and chose to continue to the Willamette Valley had to embark on a perilous raft trip and portage down the Columbia River. Answering the plea of settlers and the provisional government, Scott participated in two expeditions seeking a better, safer way through the Cascades. The second, organized by Jesse Applegate in June 1846, yielded the southern route through the Umpqua Valley, three mountain ranges, and the Black Rock Desert. Early on a July 1846 morning, the party found the Humboldt River along the established California Trail.

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