Oregon-California Trails Association | McBride, John Holden

McBride, John Holden – Letters, 1850, Iowa to Utah

Merrill J. Mattes Collection·

Typed letter to his wife from Kanesville, Iowa, May 12th, 1850

Typed letter to his wife from Fort Larrimie, June 9th 1850

Typed letter to his wife from six miles west of Independence Rock, June 23rd

Typed letter to his wife from Great Salt Lake City, July 13th

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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.