Ezra Meeker correspondence and manuscripts, 1894-1924.

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Ezra Meeker correspondence and manuscripts, 1894-1924.

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The Ezra Meeker correspondence and manuscripts consists of two holograph manuscripts in pencil and a selection of letters to and from Meeker. The first manuscript, "George Bush" (circa 1916) is a review of J.E. Ayer's 1916 article on the African American pioneer, George Washington Bush. The other manuscript (circa 1920) is entitled, "Back to the Farm." Among the correspondents included in the letters are Meeker's fellow pioneers, Arthur A. Denny and Quincy A. Brooks, as well as George Himes, first curator of the Oregon Historical Society.

18 items (2 folders)2 manuscripts (86 leaves)

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Brooks, Quincy A. (Quincy Adams), 1826-1908

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Quincy Adams Brooks crossed the Plains in 1851 to Olympia, Oregon Territory. A lawyer by training, he became the first prosecuting attorney north of the Columbia River. He also served as secretary to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Washington Territory and Oregon, 1856-1860 and assistant quartermaster general of the Oregon State Militia during the Modoc War, 1872-1873. From the description of Quincy Adams Brooks papers, 1855-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 780164199 ...

Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899

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Bush, George Washington

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Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928

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Meeker was a pioneer on the wagon trail. From the description of Letter : Los Angeles, Calif., to Rolland A. Vandegrift, University of Southern California, 1924 April 28. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 23367142 Ezra Meeker was an early pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox cart as a young man. Beginning in his 70s he worked tirelessly to memorialize the trail, repeatedly retracing the trip of his youth. Meeker was born in H...

Brooks, Quincy A. (Quincy Adams), 1826-1908

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Quincy Adams Brooks crossed the Plains in 1851 to Olympia, Oregon Territory. A lawyer by training, he became the first prosecuting attorney north of the Columbia River. He also served as secretary to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Washington Territory and Oregon, 1856-1860 and assistant quartermaster general of the Oregon State Militia during the Modoc War, 1872-1873. From the description of Quincy Adams Brooks papers, 1855-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 780164199 ...

Himes, George H., 1844-1940

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George H. Himes was the curator of the Oregon Historical Society. From the description of History of immigration to Oregon, undated. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 64446580 Historian, curator, and printer George Henry Himes was born on May 18, 1844 in Troy, Pennsylvania, and he came overland to the Oregon Territory with his family in 1853. They settled near Olympia, Washington, where Himes's father Tyrus took up farming. George...