Abstract Handwritten notebook begun by Peter Scholl (1809-1872), an emigrant to Oregon. The notebook contains biographical information about the Scholl family, including a record of births, marriages, and deaths. Scholl began the notebook around 1850, and it appears to have been continued by other relatives after his death. The notebook also contains poems and hymns; medicinal remedies; and notes about the weather, travel, farming, and the Bible. Peter Scholl was born in Kentucky and emigrated to...