Description
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.
Author: Tricia Martineau Wagner
Publisher: Two Dot Books
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.02w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780762725793
ISBN10: 0762725796
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
Author: Tricia Martineau Wagner
Publisher: Two Dot Books
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.02w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780762725793
ISBN10: 0762725796
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
About the Author
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.