Ox-Team Days

By Ezra Meeker

Book Overview

Stories from an Icon of the Oregon Trail

In 1852, Ezra Meeker, his wife, and baby traveled along the Oregon Trail by ox-cart from Iowa to Oregon. In 1906, he reversed his steps and went back to Iowa, and spent most of his ninety-eight years on earth traversing the route, promoting the Oregon Trail and founding the Oregon Trail Association. Published in 1822, his memoir Ox-Team Days remains a captivating account of his days along the trail and the harrowing adventures of a life devoted to its preservation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557095566
• ISBN13: 9781557095565
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Applewood Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.1"