Overland journey of the Rev. Neill Johnson and his family from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to Oregon /by John Lawrence Johnson, [1851].

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Overland journey of the Rev. Neill Johnson and his family from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to Oregon /by John Lawrence Johnson, [1851].

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The diary recounts the daily events of the 1851 journey from Iowa to Oregon by way of St. Joseph, the Oregon Trail to the Cascades and Laurel Hill, which the family descended with the help of William A. Jack and Thomas B. Allen. The diary is preceded by a brief outline of Johnson's childhood in Illinois, his father's removal to Iowa, and finally to Oregon.

99 p.: 24 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Johnson, Neill.

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Allen, Thomas B., fl. 1851.

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Johnson, John Lawrence, 1830-1916.

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Son of Reverend Neill Johnson. From the description of Diary, 1851. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31488864 Johnson, son of Rev. Neill Johnson, was born in Pleasant Grove, Illinois and moved with his family to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and then in 1851 to Woodburn, Oregon. From the description of Overland journey of the Rev. Neill Johnson and his family from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to Oregon /by John Lawrence Johnson, [1851]. (Unknown). Wo...

Jack, William A.

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