On to Oregon: The Diaries of Mary Walker and Myra Eells

by Mary Richardson Walker

Book Overview

In 1838, two missionary couples, the Walkers and the Eellses, joined the party going west as a reinforcement to the Oregon Mission. Just married when the trip began, Mary Walker and Myra Eells rode on horseback from Missouri to Oregon, keeping diaries throughout the months on the hazardous trail. After spending a winter at the Whitman mission in present-day Washington, the Walkers and Eellses moved north to do missionary work among the Spokane Indians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803266138
• ISBN13: 9780803266131
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"