Teaching with Primary Sources

The Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities

Using the Library of Congress to Advantage to Study

 

The Oregon Trail

Amie Betzwiser, Lisa Blankenship, Ashley O’Connor, Gina Shawron, Carolyn Yates

 

For the Student

Text-based Resources:

*Those underlined are available online
A Brief Review of the Life of Isaac Constant [Memoir, Full Text]

Custer, G.A. (1874). My life on the plains: Or, personal experiences with Indians. New York, NY: Sheldon and Company. Retrieved from http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=ACP4940

The Diary of James Longmire [Memoir, Full Text]

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California [Book, Full Text]

Fanselow, J. (1992). The traveler's guide to the Oregon trail. Helena, MT: Falcon Press. Catalog: F597 .F36 1992

Hopkinson, D. (2005). Oregon trail. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks.

The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life [Book, Full Text]

The Prairie Traveler [Book, Full Text]

Reminiscence of Sarah Sprenger [Memoir, Full Text]
 

Historical Background

 

PathFinder

Bibliography>

 

 

For the Teacher

PathFinder Introduction