Oregon-California Trails Association | Taylor or Thomas [?], Dr.

Taylor or Thomas [?], Dr. – 1849 to California

Merrill J. Mattes Collection·

Handwritten pages

The names of Dr. ~~Taylor~~ or ~~Thomas~~ as the author of the journal have strikethroughs

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.