Letter, 1905.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter, 1905.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32041994

Brief letter written by Benjamin Franklin Owen, a member of Elijah Elliott's "Lost Wagon Train" of 1853, to George H. Himes; mentions names of other members in the party; remembers thinking journey would take 7 days, but actually lasting 40 days.

2 p.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7335191

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Owen, Benjamin Franklin, 1828-1917.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v48smk (person)

Benjamin Franklin Owen's party crossed the Cascades near the Three Sisters Mountains, and came down the McKenzie River area. From the description of Journal of a trip across the plains from Missouri to Oregon and of a land trip to California, March 31 to October 28, 1853, November 1853. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55675232 Benjamin Franklin Owen (1828-1917) was a pioneer on the overland trail to Oregon. From the guide to the Journal of a...

Himes, George H., 1844-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tq668v (person)

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...

Elliott, Elijah.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n87970 (person)