Drawing of circled wagons on the Oregon Trail
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Drawing of circled wagons on the Oregon Trail
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Drawing by Pherne Brown Pringle, the daughter of Tabitha Moffatt Brown, the 'Mother of Oregon.' This sketch features the scenery around May 11th in Kansas 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 passed by the Wakarusa River on the 11th:
'Rolled about 10 miles, to the Wakarussia, a fine stream of clear water, -between a creek and a river in size, with fine timber on its banks. About half of the emigration missed the road and crossed about 4 miles above. Traveled about six miles in the evening, and came into corel, with the whole emigration in sight. Divide into two parties. Our party organize with William Keithly for Captain, and O. Brown pilot for both parties. The other party choose a Mr. Robinson, from Illinois, for Captain. Our encampment, to night, on a high ridge of prairie.'
Virgil's journal indicates that their party passed by the Wakarusa River on the 11th:
'Rolled about 10 miles, to the Wakarussia, a fine stream of clear water, -between a creek and a river in size, with fine timber on its banks. About half of the emigration missed the road and crossed about 4 miles above. Traveled about six miles in the evening, and came into corel, with the whole emigration in sight. Divide into two parties. Our party organize with William Keithly for Captain, and O. Brown pilot for both parties. The other party choose a Mr. Robinson, from Illinois, for Captain. Our encampment, to night, on a high ridge of prairie.'
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