Michael D. Heaston Rare Books & Manuscripts
Overland to Oregon in the Tracks of Louis & Clarke
Overland to Oregon in the Tracks of Louis & Clarke
LENOX, EDWARD HENRY. Overland to Oregon in the Tracks of Louis & Clarke. History of the First Emigration to Oregon in 1843. Oakland, CA: Dowdle Press, 1902. 69pp. Frontis portrait. Illustrated. Original blue cloth boards with title and illustration in gilt on front board. Mild wear to spine. Slight rubbing to boards. Bearing the bookplate for William Tracy Hover, noted Colorado collector. Overall very good or better.
First edition. Firsthand account of the 1843 Oregon Trail wagon train captained by David Thomas Lenox, as written by his son Edward Henry Lenox, who was sixteen at the time of the journey. The wagon train, which had hired Dr. Marcus Whitman as a guide, included the likes of Jesse Applegate, Asa Lovejoy, and Daniel Waldo. The journey began on April 9 when the Lenox family left their home in Platte City, Missouri, and concluded on November 26 in Oregon City. Includes an appendix with lists of the names of the men and women in the emigration party.