Oregon-California Trails Association | Pringle, Virgil and George McKinstry

Pringle, Virgil and George McKinstry – Overland in 1846

Cave Springs Collection·

Nine typed pages

“Overland in 1846” Diaries of Virgil Pringle and George McKinstry

Research notes consisting of excerpts from emigrant trail diaries of 1846 in the Independence and Jackson County, Missouri area [duplicate of “Trail Diaries – 1846]

The collection was begun in 1991 by the late Merrill J. Mattes, a co-founder of the Oregon-California Trails Association. That original nucleus was a result of a generous donation from Merrill and reflected his many years as an award-winning National Park Service historian and also included works of his own authorship. The collection is housed at the national Frontier Trails Museum in Independence, Missouri. Here, you have access to many of the original trail diaries he collected in digital form.