Drawing of the Platte River on the Oregon Trail
Title
Drawing of the Platte River on the Oregon Trail
Description
Drawing by Pherne Brown Pringle, the daughter of Tabitha Moffatt Brown, the 'Mother of Oregon.' This sketch features a view of the Platte River in Nebraska during her family's journey on the Oregon Trail. Copies of later drawings were accompanied in an album by journal entries of Pherne's husband, Virgil K. Pringle.
Virgil's journal indicates that their party passed through this area around June 3, facing cold weather and the death of a party member:
'The weather disagreeably cool; started in fine season, and came in sight of the sand hills of Platte, in about 3 miles and arrived on the borders of the bottom about ten o'clock. This the most romantic view I have ever seen. Made 18 miles, and camped by some willows on the banks -- the sluice of Grand Island. Mr. Shelton, from Franklin, had a daughter die this night, from a swelling on her throat, occasioned by the scarlet fever, before they left the state; having lost another child since they left home, which they buried in Jackson county.'
Virgil's journal indicates that their party passed through this area around June 3, facing cold weather and the death of a party member:
'The weather disagreeably cool; started in fine season, and came in sight of the sand hills of Platte, in about 3 miles and arrived on the borders of the bottom about ten o'clock. This the most romantic view I have ever seen. Made 18 miles, and camped by some willows on the banks -- the sluice of Grand Island. Mr. Shelton, from Franklin, had a daughter die this night, from a swelling on her throat, occasioned by the scarlet fever, before they left the state; having lost another child since they left home, which they buried in Jackson county.'
Creator
Pringle, Pherne Brown
Identifier
PUA_MS14_23.jpg
Rights
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Type
Still Image