Oregon-California Trails Association | Bowering, George – Diary, 1852, Iowa to Great Salt Lake Valley

Bowering, George – Diary, 1852, Iowa to Great Salt Lake Valley

Merrill J. Mattes Collection·

41 typed pages

A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point Pottawatamie County Iowa

From the time of their organization until their arrival Into the Great Salt Lake Valley In the summer of 1852

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.