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Chapter 17 - Rescue
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“The Murphys, they had some little bits of meat and flour. James Miller, he managed to shoot a fox, once. It started to get warmer, seemed like, and there weren’t any storms. Ma and Johnnie fetched down a hide off the [...]
Chapter 14 – Winter March
From E.S. Patterson interview, University of California Local History Archive Project 1932:
“My next oldest brother, Samuel, came to my mother with Paw-Paw and my oldest brother Oliver, who was to go with the men…”
“No!” said Isabella, passionately, “I won’t have it! Samuel is a boy, he is not old enough….”
“Izzy, Izzy, [...]
Chapter 13 – Snowfall
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“We looked back down from the top of the pass, and we couldn’t hardly believe we had brung wagons all the way up it… but we had! The snow was all trampled to slush, there was marks of chains all over, [...]
Chapter 11 – The Choosing
From Dr. Townsend’s Journal:
“14th November, 1844 In the wilderness at the fork of Truckee’s River. This day, I can scarce put pen to paper, being distract’d with grief and worry. Our party is split yet again, this again being of our own decision. My own Dearest is gone ahead with five [...]
Chapter 9 – Forty-Mile Desert
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
Three days Captain Stephens and Doctor Townsend and Mister Foster was gone in the desert with the old Indian. funny thing, they thought his name was Truck-hee, because that’s what he kept saying, over and over. We were so grateful [...]
Chapter 8 – Humboldt Sink
From Dr. Townsend’s diary:
“Third of October, 1844, encamped in the desert sinks by Mary’s River, in considerable perturbation about the direction of our continued journey. We are resting ourselves and our animals, repairing the wagons, and re-provisioning ourselves, whilst some of us explore nearby. This morning came to our camp by [...]
Chapter 7 – Continental Divide
From Dr. Townsend’s Diary:
“Sixteenth of August, 1844 Ft. Hall, upon the Oregon Trail. We depart upon the morrow from here and within a few days turn southward and aside from the established road. The Oregon company has caught up to us whilst we were encamped here. Mr. Case and the others [...]
Chapter 5 – Trade Goods
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“Oh my, Missy, you have no notion of what it looked like when the buffalo herds covered the earth, all along the Platte Valley they were sometimes, covering the ground like a great woolly brown blanket, and the sound of [...]
Chapter 4 – Pilgrims’ Progress
From Dr. Townsend’s diary:
“Twenty-second of May, 1844 With much labor, we have crossed the Elkhorn River and reassembled our wagons and teams on the far side, and ventured out into the desert…”
From E.S. Patterson interview, University of California Local History Archival Project, 1932:
“…Oh, it was a glorious to see… I can [...]
Chapter 3 – Into the Sea of Grass
From Doctor Townsend’s journal:
“Seventeenth of May, 1844… The die is cast. We depart on the morrow, in company with Thorp’s Oregon-bound party. The grass is well-grown, we have made such last-minute preparations as are necessary, made final additions to our supplies, and sent last letters to such kin [...]
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