Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail

By Ezra Meeker

Book Overview

The title, in this case, does not tell the whole story. Yes, Ezra Meeker early on takes on the character and reputation of an ox-team driver on the legendary Oregon Trail. As adventurous as this phase of his adulthood is, however, it is only the his first of many occupational identities. Meeker's story begins with a somewhat typical but engaging chronicle of his Indiana childhood and his trek toward a future in the pioneer days West. After a spell on the famous trail, he sets out on other escapades-and thrilling ones they are. He encounters various Native-American tribes, vast buffalo herds; he travels with wagon trains of hardy pioneers, encountering hostile Indians and crossing dangerous streams; He becomes one of the early settlers of the Northwest, establishing his family there before venturing off to the gold fields. In the early twentieth century, in his mid-sixties, he is again an ox-team driver, this time on the long journey to the nation's capitol as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Oregon trail. There, he is honored by none other than the President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518670482
• ISBN13: 9781518670480
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"