Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Ann Stahl collection of Jared Fox travel diary materials
A handwritten transcript of a portion of the travel diary that Jared Fox kept while emigrating to and living in the Oregon Territory, and documentation concerning the transcript's authorship. Jared Fox (1805-1865) emigrated to Oregon in 1852, but left the following year. It is believed that Fox's grandson-in-law, C. C. Bennett (1856-1935), wrote the transcript of Fox's account over a period of time from the late 1870s to the 1920s.
Clarence Elzy Talbott reminiscences
Typescript reminiscences of Clarence Elzy Talbott, 99 pages, 1949-1950, recounting his childhood and youth in Oregon and Washington and his time at the University of Idaho.
Sarah Hunsaker Tompkins family papers
Photographs, reminiscences, and genealogical materials relating to Sarah Hunsaker Tompkins (1847-1942) and her family. Tompkins was the daughter of Jacob T. Hunsaker (1818-1889), and married Josephus Tompkins (1838-1928) in 1873.
W. F. and William R. Trimble papers
Book of W. F. Trimble's writings with newspaper clippings inserted by his family; photocopied biographical entries for W. F. Trimble, William A. Trimble, and Patrick Raleigh; papers of William R. Trimble.