Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Leaving Home
Chapter Two: Across the Wide Missouri
Chapter Three: Cholera
Chapter Four: Platte River Valley
Chapter Five: On to Fort Laramie
Chapter Six: Child's Cutoff
Chapter Seven: Sweetwater Valley
Chapter Eight: Sublette Cutoff
Chapter Nine: Bear River to Fort Hall
Chapter Ten: Along the Snake
Chapter Eleven: Blue Mountains
Chapter Twelve: At Last The Dalles
Chapter Thirteen: Final Effort
Chapter Fourteen: Pioneering
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the Author

Weldon Willis Rau of Olympia, Washington, is a retired research geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey and the State of Washington. He is a great grandson of Puyallup pioneers Mary Ann and Willis Boatman, the principal figures in Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852. Rau's book is the culmination of 15 years of extensive field investigations and archival/library study.

Reviews

"A superb contribution to Oregon Trail scholarship."--Susan Badger-Doyle, Oregon-California Trails Association