Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1846/05/00 | In the spring of 1846, Parkman and his cousin Quincy Adams Shaw set off from Independence, MO and travel westward along the Oregon Trail. | Santa Fe Trail - Santa Fe Trail Park, Independence Trail Segments, Independence |
1846/06/15 | Francis Parkman arrives at Fort John at the Laramie River. | Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie |
1846/07/00 | Sponsored by the American Fur Company, Parkman and his cousin Quincy Adams Shaw live for three weeks with the Oglalla Sioux in the basin of the Medicine Bow River. | Platte River Crossing, Wyoming |
1846/08/25 | Francis Parkman arrives at Bent's Fort John and is entertained by Marcellin, the Bents where in New Mexico with Stephen Kearny. Parkman returns to Independence via the Santa Fe Trail. | Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta |
1847/00/00 | "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life" is serialized in "Knickerbocker's Magazine" from 1847 to 1849 and published in book form in 1849. |
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