Wagons to the Willamette: Captain Levi Scott and the Southern Route to Oregon, 1844 1847

by James Layton Collins and Levi Scott

After the death of his beloved wife, a devastated Levi Scott and his youngest surviving son left Iowa for Oregon. Their overland journey--rife with quarrels, stolen horses, arduous river fords, con artists, and death--ended when he and John finally arrived in Oregon City in November 1844.

In the early 1840s, emigrants who reached The Dalles and chose to continue to the Willamette Valley had to embark on a perilous raft trip and portage down...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874223334
• ISBN13: 9780874223330
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 15 years and up