Lives & Memoirs
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail
Howard R. Driggs, Ezra Meeker
1922
5h 35m
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Ezra Meeker recalls crossing the Oregon Trail by ox team as a young pioneer, then retracing it in old age to save its memory. His account captures the hardships and grandeur of the great westward migration. A vivid firsthand record of the pioneer trail.
Inside this audiobook
30 chapters
- 1Introduction to the Author8m
- 2Back to Beginnings13m
- 3Boyhood Days in Old Indiana9m
- 4Leaving the Home Nest for Iowa8m
- 5Taking the Trail for Oregon16m
- 6The Westward Rush7m
- 7The Pioneer Army of the Plains8m
- 8Indians and Buffaloes on the Plains7m
- 9Trailing through the Mountain Land12m
- 10Reaching the End of the Trail13m
- 11Getting a New Start in the New Land14m
- 12Hunting for Another Home Site12m
- 13Cruising About on Puget Sound19m
- 14Moving from the Columbia To Puget Sound12m
- 15Messages and Messengers13m
- 16Blazing the Way through Natchess Pass9m
- 17Climbing the Cascade Mountains9m
- 18Finding My People11m
- 19Indian War Days9m
- 20The Stampede for the Gold Diggings9m
- 21Making a Permanent Home in the Wilds15m
- 22Finding and Losing a Fortune10m
- 23Trying for a Fortune in Alaska6m
- 24A Plan for a Memorial to the Pioneers16m
- 25On the Overland Trail Again8m
- 26Trailing On to the South Pass14m
- 27Reviving Old Memories of the Trail13m
- 28A Bit of Bad Luck11m
- 29Driving On to the Capital12m
- 30The End of the Long Trail11m
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