Another oldie, but goodie. Let me (and the list) know if this helps your research. Valorie EVERTON'S FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE 27 October 1998 Oregon Pioneers: The Wagon Train of 1843 -- The Great Migration In May of 1843 a large group of potential pioneers gathered in Jackson County, Missouri at a place known as Fitzhugh's Mill to begin a long and dangerous journey across the plains and mountains of western America in search of a new life in Oregon and California. With this website, Mike Ransom pays tribute to the 400-plus people in that company, with extensive information on the trip taken from General J.W. Nesmith's account as recorded in the 1885 Himes and Land book, History of the Willamette Valley. Of special interest to family history researchers is the alphabetic list of men from that company. This list was originally prepared by Nesmith, and has been augmented by Mr. Ransom with additional information from other sources. Some names on the list stand alone, while others are accompanied by extensive biographical data and references to other resources where information on them can be found. While Mr. Ransom has done an excellent job of presenting this invaluable data on the Web, not everything can be digitized or indexed for use online. To help those with further interest, he has included a list of libraries where the History of the Willamette Valley can be found, and of course, he has provided a good number of links to other Internet sites where related source material can be located. A reminder: While most of the 430 people noted did go to Oregon, some did leave the company to travel to other destinations, including California. So don't dismiss this list if your Oregon Trail ancestor went to California instead of Oregon. Resources: Oregon Pioneers: The Wagon Train of 1843 -- The Great Migration http://www.peak.org/~mransom/pioneers.html Online Resources for Oregon Genealogy http://www.everton.com/usa/or.htm Copyright 1998, Everton Publishers All rights reserved - ------------------------------------------------------------------ FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE is a free daily genealogy news service provided by Everton Publishers subscribe: <lists@everton.com> message: subscribe history unsubscribe: <lists@everton.com> message: unsubscribe history Recent articles are available online at http://www.everton.com/FHN/