How were they driven from Illinois? What was driving them out of Illinois? The epidemic? The religious persecution? or what? Marilynn Masten wrote: > Maybe they did what so many members of my church, Church of Jesus Christ of > Latterday Saints, did when they pulled and pushed handcarts across the > plains after they were driven from Illinois. > > Marilynn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "muriah" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 9:14 AM > Subject: Westward Migration to Land's End (trait) Re: [GARDNER] Muriah > > > Do you know how they traveled to Oregon from Iowa? > > I wonder if they used a covered wagon or horseback only or foot and > horseback and whether they came along the Oregon Trail or some other way and > what kind of group they traveled in, whether it was a family group or > neighbors or religious group or group of land seekers or health oasis > seekers and what part of Oregon they first arrived in and whether > > they settled there or moved on and settled elsewhere, or continued to move > place to place until they could no longer move westward because of the > land's end.