overland journeys to the pacific

Historical photographs and text help chronicle the 1903 cross-country drive of Vermont doctor Horatio Nelson Jackson and his friend Sewall Crocker--the first automobile trip ever made across the U.S.--in a vehicle without a roof, windshield, or speeds higher than thirty miles an hour, without the aid of paved roads or streetlights.

In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to the Oregon Trail.

This book describes the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the fall of 1805 near Weippe, Idaho, as they travel to Gray's Bay, twenty miles from the Pacific Ocean, and build Fort Clatsop as a winter home.

Douglas Allen Deeds, an orphan from Missouri, recounts his experiences as part of the Donner Party expedition in 1846, in this book based on the actual events.

"Describes the journey on the Oregon Trail from three different historical perspectives"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the true accounts of a group of pioneers that became known as the Donner Party, and their harrowing experience trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter of 1846.

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to the Oregon Trail.

A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century.