Here is a continuation of my posts regarding a virtual road trip along the California Trail, posted on the Facebook page of the California Trail Interpretive Center. July 1 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail Continuing down the road from Poison Spring / Clayton’s Slough (yesterday’s virtual site) is Willow Spring [...]
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June California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 3
June 15 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail The grave of Mary Homsley (https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/grave-mary-homsley) is located close to Fort Laramie (GPS coordinates -104.566,42.222). While cholera was a predominant killing disease during the Overland migration in 1852, there were plenty of other dangerous diseases as well. Mary Homsley and her newborn child [...]
May California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 3
May 15 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail There were many streams like Elm Creek (GPS coordinates -96.612, 39.732) which had to be crossed in this area. But streams weren't the only thing on the minds of the emigrants. While passing through this region, Harlow Chittenden Thompson (https://www.octa-journals.org/merrill-mattes-collection/harlow-chittenden-thompson-across-the-continent-on-foot-in-1859), in 1859, wrote, [...]
Joseph E. Ware’s Emigrants’ Guide
For the month of January I put together four Facebook posts for the California Trail Interpretive Center related to Joseph E. Ware. I thought I'd put them here in my blog for those who might be interested. There were several guidebooks published in the late 1840s to provide advice to emigrants traveling to California. One [...]
Travel Log: The California Trail Interpretive Center
Yes, even though I work here now, I wanted to do a blog post about the California Trail Interpretive Center. Darlene and I went and visited it as tourists before my first day working there, and, of course, I've learned quite a bit about the place since starting work. This is a truly cool place [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 