Mission of Ezra Mecker and the Oregon Trail Markers
Ezra Meeker, 77, travels across the continent in a prairie schooner drawn by oxen to raise funds for Oregon and Santa Fe Trail markers. He hopes Kansas City and other Western cities provide monuments, with support from schools and historical societies. Baker Oregon already erected a monument with student donations. Meeker emphasizes preservation of trail history for future generations.
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American Biographical Encyclopedia
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Oregon Trail Tale From Kansas City To Tumwater
Ezra Meeker and partner outline the Oregon and Santa Fe trails from Kansas City to Tumwater Washington, noting branch at Gardner Kas toward Oregon and California. They discuss Meeker’s travels, attempts to mark the route, and support for a congressional appropriation to fund highway marking and restoration.
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New Mexico
Gardner, Kas
Washington State
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Tumwater
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Kas
Westport
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California
Ezra Meeker's Oregon trail legacy and family life
The article profiles Ezra Meeker at his Washington homestead near Puyallup, noting his 57 years of marriage and ongoing work marking the Oregon trail. It recalls buffalo days, his frontier fame, and his large Oregon-born family of descendants, with Meeker shunning most questions beyond his landmark trails project.
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Santa Fe
Ezra Meeker
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Mr. Meeker
Gardner Kansas committee seeks funds for trail marker
Gardner town authorities formed a committee to raise money for a granite marker at the Oregon and Santa Fe trails junction. Ezra Meeker pledges $250 if Gardner residents match, with A Bigelow W J Johnston H M Terrell T W Dare and C H Byerly on the committee. A board sign once guided travelers. the plan is to install a granite marker.
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Santa Fe
Ezra Meeker
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W. J. Johnston
H. M. Terrell
T. W. Dare
C. H. Byerly
A Motor Car Tour of the World Begins from Pasadena
A Washington land owner, H Hover, visiting Pasadena, starts a four year round world trip in a Maxwell touring car with his wife. They head to Santa Barbara then Portland and New York by October, plan to ship to Southern Europe, travel for pleasure, not chasing records, carrying little baggage.
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