Sketch of the Oregon Trail between the Continental Divide and American Falls
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Sketch of the Oregon Trail between the Continental Divide and American Falls
Description
Drawing by Pherne Brown Pringle, the daughter of Tabitha Moffatt Brown, the 'Mother of Oregon.' This sketch features part of the scenery between the Continental Divide and American Falls, Idaho, during her family's journey on the Oregon Trail. Copies of later drawings were accompanied in an album by journal entries of Pherne's husband, Virgil K. Pringle.
Virgil's journal indicates that their party arrived at American Falls on August 9, whereupon they made the decision to take the California route:
'Passed the American Falls, about 2 miles from camp, and some interesting springs half a mile above. Traveled, today, 18 miles of bad road, and camped on the river bank, with indifferent grass. Met Mr. Applegate, from Oregon, who had viewed new route.'
Virgil's journal indicates that their party arrived at American Falls on August 9, whereupon they made the decision to take the California route:
'Passed the American Falls, about 2 miles from camp, and some interesting springs half a mile above. Traveled, today, 18 miles of bad road, and camped on the river bank, with indifferent grass. Met Mr. Applegate, from Oregon, who had viewed new route.'
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